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After Fourth Moult. — The body in colour is the same as in the 

 preceding moult, and the caudal horn lacks the reddish-brown colour 

 at the apex. The thoracic feet are now yellow, tipped with reddish- 

 brown, and the abdominal legs have on the outer side of each a small 

 patch of the same colour. The mandibles are pitchy black, and the 

 labrum pink. Length, 34 mm. Duration of this stage, about seven days. 



After Fifth Moult. — No perceptible difference from the previous 

 moult, except that the elevated granulations which cover the body are 

 more distinct. The thoracic feet are reddish-brown with their bases 

 yellow. Spiracles white with black margins. Length, about 55 mm. 



Food Plants.* — Wisteria, cherry, spiraea, blackberry, apple, rose, 

 plum, elm, oak, hazel, hornbeam, birch, willow and poplar. 



The eggs were kindly sent to me from Cotuit, Mass., by Mr. Henry 

 F. Crosby, of New York. Double brooded. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



HYBERNIA DEFOLIARIA linn., IN VANCOUVER ISLAND. 



Sir, — In 1887 I took a specimen of Hybernia defoliaria at rest on an 

 oak near Victoria, Mr. G. Hulst, who kindly looked over my Geometra in 

 1888, expressed a doubt as to the correctness of the locality, as defoliaria, 

 though so common in England, had not been noticed by any American 

 entomologists. Since the first capture I have several times seen larvae 

 which I am almost certain were of this species, for in the Old Country 

 ten years ago I was familiar with the insect in all its stages. To-day, how- 

 ever (Nov. 18), I have satisfied myself by the capture of two males and 

 one female of typical defoliaria. They were all at rest on fences in the 

 City of Victoria, and two or three miles away from the locality where I 

 first observed the species. Possibly this moth is an importation, and, if 

 so, not a very desirable one, as in some parts of England it is considered 

 quite a pest. Geo. W. Taylor. 



The specimen mentioned above by Mr. Taylor, as taken in 1887, is 

 now in my collection, and is, I should say, certainly a typical H. de- 

 foliaria. J. Fletcher, Ottawa. 



* See Food Plants of Lepidoptera, No. 2, Ent. Am., i, p. 196. 



