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Nerice Mdentata Walk., on Elm. 

 En dry as wiio Boisd., on Epilobiitm coloratutn Muhl. 

 Amphion nessus Hiibn., on " " " 



Deilcphila lineata Harr., on " " " 



Hemaris tnarginalis Grote, on Lonicera scmpeivirens Ait. ; and on 

 Trios teum perfoliatum L. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF 

 EUPTOIETA CLAUDIA, Cramer. 



BY W. H. EDWARDS, COALBURGH, W. VA. 



EGG — Conoidal, depressed at top, flat at base, shaped generally like 

 the eggs of Argynnis (Idalia, Cyaele, Sec), but taller in proportion to its 

 breadth than in the species named, with the sides less rounded \ marked 

 by about 20 prominent, vertical, straight ribs, half of which extend from 

 base to summit, forming around the depression a serrated rim, the rest 

 ending irregularly at two fifths to four fifths the distance from base, the 

 shorter ones occasionally joining the others ; marked horizontally by 

 numerous prominent strife. Duration of this stage from 5 to 12 days, 

 according to the season. 



YOUNG LARVA — Length . 1 inch ; cylindrical, thickest from 6th to 

 9th segment, tapering slightly to head, rapidly to 13 ; greenish-yellow, 

 translucent ; each segment from 3 to 1 2 rounded and crossed transversely 

 by two irregular rows of dark tuberculated spots or points on a pale 

 ground, each spot sending out a black hair ; on 2 is a black stripe across 

 dorsum ; head a little broader than 2, rounded, black, with many fine 

 hairs. Duration of this stage from 2 to 4 days. 



After 1 st Moult — Length .15 inch; color reddish-yellow, with two 

 dorsal and one lateral row of indistinct whitish spots, which cover the 

 junction of the segments and are in line with the spines ; these last form 

 six rows, and are short, fleshy, tapering, black, and of nearly equal length ; 

 each spine beset with many short and fine black hairs (for arrangement 

 of the spines, which is uniform in all the succeeding stages, see description 

 of the mature larva) ; on 2 is a reddish collar edged by white ; head 

 bilobed, the vertices rounded, shining black. To next moult 2 to 3 days. 



