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Phaeoura mexicanaria (Grote) in British Columbia (: Geometridae) .T . G Il .I .\; 'I" Rindge (1961) gives the range of the geo­ brown granules; conspicuous tu bercles bear­ metrid , mexicanaria (Grote), ing setae D-2 on abdominal segments 1. to as the western United States. Although 5 and setae D·1 on segment 8. Tubercles there are no published r ecords for this spe­ l a r g e s ~ on A2 , gradually diminishing in size ci es in British Columbia, larvae have been to A5; those on A8 about equal in size to taken in Forest Survey collections on those on A3. An adult rear ed from this a few occasions in the southern Interior: larva was identifi ed by Dr. E. Munroe of the Kettle Valley, 28 August, 1953; Salmon AIm, Entomology Research Institute, Ottawa, as 17 .Ju ly, 1958; Grand Forks, 12 August, 1959; P. magnificans Dyar; since r educed in and Oliver, 24 August, 1961. Larvae wer e Rindge's r evision to synonymy with mexi­ obtained by beating the branches of pon­ canaria. derosa trees over a sheet laid on the An adult male, also identified by Dr. Mun­ ground, a nd were fed ponderosa pine foliage roe, was collected at Rock Creek on 10 July, in the insectary for periods up to 26 days 1958. It was fl ying in a lighted garage a bout before they pupated. The only members of 10 p.m. the genus for which the food plants were Acknowledgment previously known were two deciduous feed­ The writer is indebted to Dr. W. C. Mc­ ers: P. quernaria (J . E . Smith) on oak and Guffin , Forest Entumology and Pathology cherry, and P. cristifera Hulst on \l'illow. Laboratory, Ca nada Department of For estry, The larva of P. mexicanaria resembles a Calgary, Alta., for the description of the rough twig of the host tree. A description larva. of an ultimatE'-Jn star larva from Grand F orks References follo\l's: head 4.56 mm. wide, pale brown, notched, with brown patches suggesting a Hindgc, F. H. 1961. A Revision of the Naco­ herring-bone pattern: body 44 mm. long, phorini (Lepidoptera. Geometridae). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 123: 91- 6.4 mm. wide, pale brown, cover ed with fi ne 153.

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