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I St moult — Yz in. long, apple green, with a light yellow longitudinal 

 stripe below the dorsal ridge \ diagonal lines yellowish white ; horn 

 purple, straight, very short. 2nd moult — Jg in. long; A in. diam. ; rich 

 dark green, finely granulated, giving it a beautiful velvety appearance ; 

 thorax adorned with two transverse crests or collars, studded with fine 

 points tipped with white. 3rd moult — \]^ in. long ; yk in. diam., thickest 

 medially; light green, otherwise unchanged. 4th moult — i^ in. long; 

 T*^ in. diam. ; light green, coarsely granulated, granules studded with fine 

 white points, giving the skin a frosted appearance ; crests on thorax much 

 reduced in size. 5th moult — 3 in. long; ^ in. diam. ; hind crest lost, 

 anterior one much reduced ; spiracles small, rust red ; true legs brown ; 

 pro-legs' brownish yellow ; horn lost, except a mere rudiment ; yellow 

 longitudinal stripes very obscure. 



Pupa 2 in. long ; fa in. diam. ; dark chestnut brown, cylindrical, 

 holding its size well to the sixth segment, thence tapering abruptly and 

 ending in a point or thorn ; head obtuse, thoracic portion round, not 

 angular. 



The habits of the larva are singular; before the ist moult it is much 

 inclined to wander, and goes looping along after the manner of the 

 Geometers ; after the 2nd moult it becomes sluggish. It is a voracious 

 eater — in short, an accomplished gastronome. Its manner of feeding 

 differs from that of any larva I have had the pleasure of rearing. It rests 

 with its body stretched out at right angles to the edge of the leaf, and eats 

 with its feet fixed on the side of the leaf, and as the food is consumed 

 moves backward, and when the leaf is consumed to the mid-rib, leaves it 

 to try its gormandizing propensities on a fresh one. As the worm, while 

 feeding, rests as above mentioned, the reason of its leaving the leaf half 

 consumed will be obvious; it would otherwise have no surface to hold on to. 



MONTREAL BRANCH OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF ONTARIO. 



The Fourth Annual General Meeting of this Branch was held on 

 Tuesday, ist May, at 8 o'clock p. m.., at the residence of H. H. Lyman, 

 Esq., the President in the chair. 



