450 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 'lO 



i8th, and the chrysalis gave the imago July I7th with a pupal 

 period of about 16 days. 



Of fifty one pupae of Catocala illecta, seventeen gave fe- 

 male imagoes, four moths with deformed wings, and thirty- 

 four male moths or two males to every female. 



The first larva of Catocala grynea was trapped between 

 shingles leaning against an apple tree on the nth of June. 

 It was one and a half inches long, dark leaden brown, striped 

 longitudinally with dark and light leaden brown. The mid- 

 dorsal longitudinal band narrow and much lighter than the 

 other stripes. A row of short lateral fringe. 



Head gray with an encircling lateral black stripe or dash. 

 True and prolegs dark. The place of the Catocala hump over 

 the 5th abdominal segment is a horn-like tubercle, directed 

 sharply backward and colored like the middorsal band but 

 a little darker. The under side of the body flesh color with 

 the midventral row of black spots. 



A second larva of grynea was found June I5th between 

 shingles and was one and five eighths inches long, light grey 

 all over with a tinge of flesh color. Row of dense short lateral 

 setae. Longitudinal bands but moderately distinct. Head 

 brownish red about the lobes above with orange lunules at 

 the lobes. True legs body color. Prolegs darker. Middorsal 

 band narrow and of elongate links somewhat lighter than the 

 body color. The horn like tubercle over the 5th abdominal 

 segment, short, stout and directed backward and a little darker 

 than the rest of the body. 



The third larva, full grown, was found on the igth of June 

 and in coloration like the first. A black line on the 3d thoracic 

 and the 3d, 4th, and 5th abdominal segments bounds the mid- 

 dorsal band on either side. A lower (stigmatal) lateral black 

 line is noticeable on the ist, 2d, 3d, 6th, and 8th abdominal 

 segments. Head cara-like with lateral black dash and flesh- 

 colored lunules at the lobes above. 



The first of these larvae began spinning June I7th, making 

 its cocoon of silk and bits of chewed leaves. The second on 



