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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 



Notes and 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



A REPLY to Mr. W. R. Howard's query. The length of the egg-stage 

 of T. lima and other moths. In looking over my notes of life-histories 



I find the following, which may interest some of your readers : 



Length of egg-stage. 



promethea .... 12 days. 



I una .... 12 



polyphemus . . I2 



cecropia ... 13 



imperialis ... 13 



regalis .... T 6 



rubicunda ... 13 



stigma .... 15 



A. torrefacta ... 13 



A. biguttata .... 6 



A. drexellii . . 8 



TV. gibbosa ... 6 



A. virgo. ... 12 



A. nais ... . . . n 



ist brood 2d brood 



5. excacatus . 8 10 days. 



5. astylus . . .11 8 



6". my ops . . 15 



D. kylceus .... 



ist brood 2d brood 3d brood 



E. myron . . 7 9 6 da Y s - 

 T. abbottii ... 6 



//. affinis .... 7 



.". harrisii . . . . n 



Z?. lineata .... 6 



5". kalmite .... 36 



Z?. undulosa ... 8 



C. amyutor .... 6 



C. juglandis ... 7 



Different broods have varied. I also find that Miss Eliot and I have 

 found luna on white birch more than on any other tree. 



Mr. Howard will find that larvce need no "trees" at all. If he will 

 keep them in tightly closed tin boxes, with twigs and leaves, they will 

 thrive well. I have described this process fully in an article written for 

 teachers and published in " Primary Education" for March, 1898. In 

 Massachusetts I think asterias chrysalids would be dear at five cents. In 

 New Hampshire and Vermont I am sure they would. CAROLINE G. 

 SOULE, Brookline, Mass. 



