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great beauty. The shape is round with a deep depression at the summit, 

 ahiiost half the depth of the egg. The general color is pale green, and 

 the surface is beautifully reticulated, the lines Of the coarse netting being 

 much raised above the surface and almost white. This gives the egg the 

 appearance of having a white bloom on it. One egg laid on 26th May 

 gave the larva to-day, June 5th. 



The larva has already been described by Mr. Saunders, Can, Ent., L, 

 p. 95, and is also figured by Townend Glover in his plates of Lepidop- 

 tera, Plate B, fig. 8. 



Among the specimens of the perfect insect I captured, I found there 

 was considerable difference in the marking and beauty of the upper sur- 

 face, particularly among the females. I imagine the typical colors of this 

 sex to be a rich ruddy bronze with a green sheen, and having a black 

 border running round the margins of the wings. This border varied much 

 in depth ; it was sometimes almost restricted to the fringe of the wings, 

 while in others it covered about one-fourth of the surface. These dark 

 specimens are very handsome. There is also much difference in the size 

 of the white bars in the fringe. The under side of both sexes is very 

 similar and varies very little. The general color of the $ is slaty black 

 with in some specimens the green sheen seen on the females. A few 

 specimens of the male had a reddish tint in the black, and a few examples 

 had indistinct bronze eye marks where the tails are found in other species 

 of this interesting genus. The flight of this insect is very quick and 

 jerky, and when disturbed it often flies off to the tops of trees. When 

 visiting the flowers of Aiitennarice for honey, it has a curious habit of 

 slowly moving its lower wings while closed alternately up and down. The 

 tails found in other species are represented in this one by a curve in the 

 margin by which the long fringe gives the appearance of a little tuft of 

 down when the wings are closed. I have about a dozen specimens to 

 spare, which I shall be glad to give to any members of the Society who 

 will send me a box for their transmission. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 

 FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



The annual meeting of the Entomological Club of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science will be held in a parlor of the 

 Hotel Lafayette, Philadelphia, commencing at 2 p. m. Wednesday, 



