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stippling, but variegated with conspicuous, slightly elevated, polished 

 spots, eight on each thoracic, and ten on each abdominal joint. The 

 anal segment and the one immediately preceding it lighter in color than 

 the others, and somewhat translucent. Head horizontal, broad and 

 thick, of a highly polished black color, the triangular face outlined by a 

 fine line of brown. Basal joint of antennae transparent, 2nd joint tipped 

 with black, terminal joint entirely black. Maxillae similar. Thoracic legs 

 unusually long, black, except at the joints, where they are translucent 

 cinereous. Venter and prolegs — the latter only moderately developed — 

 of a translucent smoky brown, the anal pair variegated with irregular 

 patches of opaque dark brown. 



This larva was placed in a large jar partially filled with earth, and 

 from time to time the clover sod was renewed ; but I saw nothing more 

 of it until about the 1st of May, when, thinking it to be dead, I was pro- 

 ceeding to sift the earth in the jar. My attention was soon attracted by 

 a long string of webby matter in the soil, which I at first supposed was 

 some sort of fungus growth, although remarkably tough and strong for 

 anything of that kind. As I was pulling it to pieces, a shining black 

 head was suddenly protruded from one end, and I at once recognized the 

 missing larva. The webby substance proved to be a silken gallery, white 

 and smooth inside, which constituted the concealed retreat of this 

 interesting little creature. The gallery has an open entrance at the surface 

 of the ground, from which its inmate emerges at night to feed. A little 

 pressure from below forced the larva from its hiding place, and I was 

 enabled to observe that it had increased in size, the length being about 

 one inch with a diameter of 0.15 inch, at the 1st joint; the color was 

 also a shade lighter than when my description was taken ; otherwise it 

 was unchanged. 



June 1 6th I carefully unearthed the gallery a second time, and found 

 it to be nearly six inches in length, descending by irregular windings to 

 the bottom of the jar, two and one-half inches. About mid-way reposed 

 the insect in the pupa state. The chrysalis is slender, elongate, the 

 abdominal segments sharply edged, but not serrated, and of a mahogany 

 brown color. The palpal sheaths are conspicuous, extending down on 

 the ventral side as far as those of the antennae. June 29th the moth 

 issued, and I was delighted that it proved to be the species of Anaphora 

 whose larval habits I had long desired to ascertain. 



