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by the second thoracic segment. All of the eggs do not hatch 

 at the same time. 



Larvae hatching on August 3, 1902, and kept in confinement 

 molted the first time on August 8, late in the afternoon. The 

 cervical and anal shields are distinct in the second stadium, 

 but less so as the larva ages. The larvae nearly doubled their 

 size in this stadium. The second molt occurred on August 

 14 and the third on August 21 ; after the latter, the head 

 became red in most cases there were a few exceptions. Small- 

 er and younger larvae have been observed which had red 

 heads, but the majority seem to change only after this molt. 

 No more molts were observed. Pupation occurred on Sep- 

 tember 3 and that stage passed the winter. 



Pupation with other larvae was noticed on August 10 and 



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16. An Occurrence of Halisidota tessellata (Lepid,)- 



On July 1 6, 1902, a pupa of this moth was found under a 

 log; it was of the usual form for its family, but the cocoon 

 was very flimsy. The adult emerged on July 21. On July 9, 

 1902, several adults were taken in the field. 



17. Certain Cynipid Galls Eaten by Children (Hymen.). 



From conversations with some citizens of Floyd County, 

 Virginia, in June, 1903, and from statements voluntarily made 

 to me by other citizens of Virginia, I have been led to think 

 that there is some foundation for believing that children have 

 a fondness for the taste of oak-apple galls (Cynips spp.). 

 A graduate student in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute upon 

 seeing a specimen stated voluntarily that he "vised to eat them 

 when a child and that when they were smaller and contained a 

 little worm in the centre." A senior student in the same 

 school also made remarks to the same effect and said also that 

 some of them were sweeter than sugar ; he had eaten the larger 

 specimens "as big as a woman's fist." 



