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[[underline]] Imago [[/underline]] Jan. 27, '91 Cat. No. 5358
Bomolocha [[strikethrough]] albilinealis [[/strikethrough]] (JDS) abalienalis

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[[insertion partly covering text below]] Tubercles perfectly normal; iv stig post On elm July 31 1894. Keene Valley N.Y. [[/insertion]]

[[Fast sat.?]] of rough elm July 13,1890
Hd bilobed ^[[green]] mouth brownish [[arrow]] ^[[labium & palpi white]] eyes black. W 2 mm Body contracted at sutures the skin forming folds there Two rows of small  warts on [[cervical?]] spot Warts small, as in [[arctiidae?]] ^[[except no warts on 13]] [[line?]]. Those on legless segs. ([[?]]) purplish, each with a single black hair (Spiracles[[?]] A few hair from head & joint 13. Body green, white s-d band. Feet normal divergent but larva walks with something of a looping motion. If disturbed they throw themselves violently from the leaf with contortions [[underline]] Pupa July 17 [[/underline]] in slight web just under surface of ground.  Cylindrical, the abd. segs tapering, wing cases very prominent. Cremasters two curled knobbed slender spines surrounded at base by several smaller knobbed spines Wing cases coarsely creased. body punctured Color dark red brown case almost black [[checkmark]]

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cpd 7/26/90

[[curly bracket]] maple [[checkmark]] willow, [[checkmark]] wild cherry also on Birch [[checkmark]]
208 (=59)
Bashful cat on hickory [[checkmark]] apple, [[checkmark]] July 13 '90 In web. ^[[or rather hollow nest of web & leaf]] Two headed as next stage head 2 mm. [[underline]] Next [[/underline]] Hd pale brown lower part of labium & bases of palpi white, rest of palpi black; eyes & jaws dark brown Width 2.5 mm Body pale whitish ^[[food greenish]] with honey yellow tinge, a white d, s-d, stig & sub stig. line. A row of lateral large crimson spots one per seg. except on j.13, those on 2, 3 & 4 centered with black, the others minutely with white. Spiracles white bordered by a fine, black line. A few short black hairs. Feet normal [[checkmark]] C-spot blackish [[underline]] Molt July 26 [[/underline]] As before. Hd pale brown with a large darker shading at the sides, labium ^[[bases of]] palpi white, jaws ^[[palpi & eyes]] black Body as before with greenish tinge, pink spots somewhat swollen. W. hd. 3 ? mm (Hd over 3.5, nearly 4)
Mamestra confusa, Hübn
[[underline]] Entered fround Aug 12 [[/underline]]