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VOL. IX. LONDON, ONT., APRIL, 1S77. No. 4 



NOTES ON THE EARLY STAGES OF SOME MOTHS. 



BY L. W. GOODELL, AMHERST, MASS. 



Mamestra adjunct a Guen. 



Larva, i example — Body smooth, thick and uniform to the nth seg- 

 ment, from which it tapers abruptly to the end. Cinnamon brown ; a 

 large sub-dorsal, velvety, dark brown shade on the 4th, 5th and nth 

 rings, and on each of the remaining rings, except the three first and last 

 one, is a dorsal curved line, and two small roundish spots of the same 

 color ; two larger, square, dark brown dorsal spots edged with yellowish- 

 white, on the first ring. Head roundish, as wide as the body. . Venter 

 dark brown. Spiracles white, edged with dark brown. Length when full 

 grown, 1.4 inches. Changed to a pupa Aug. 30. Feeds on Pteris aquilina 

 (common brake). 



Pupa— Length 0.7 inch ; subterranean ; black, of the usual form, with 

 a slender forked spine. Imago, June 27. 



Apatela hamamelis Guen. 



Larva, 9 examples — Body of uniform thickness, with a few short, 

 scattered, whitish hairs on the sides. The color varies from pale yellow 

 to yellowish-red. A row of connected, triangular, dark brown spots on 

 the back, and obscure shades and spots of pale brown on the sides. 

 Venter bluish-green. Head round, flattish in front, as wide and concolor- 

 ous with the body. When not feeding it rests with its head turned to the 

 side of the body. Average length, i inch. Feeds on the Chestnut. 

 About the last of August they make cocoons of bits of wood and grains 

 of earth on or near the surface. 



Pupa— Length 0.5 inch, of the usual form and color. Imagines 

 appeared June 3rd to 9th. 



