146 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



On the 2oth it was carried with the rest of my menagerie on a holi- 

 day trip to Murray Bay, Q., and on 23rd was found crawling about on 

 the plant and it looked larger than when placed upon it. 



On 25th, I observed it feeding on one of the young, unexpanded 

 leaves near the roots, in the morning and also at lunch time, but by 

 evening it had disappeared from view. 



On 26th, observed larva in the evening resting near the roots. 



On 27th, found in same place in the morning ; at 1:40 p. m. it was 

 half way up the stem of one of the leaves, and at 3:10 p. m. in the same 

 position. 



On 28th, in morning, it was in same position ; later it was seen 

 crawling about the lower curved stems ; by evening it had disappeared. 



On 29th, still in hiding ; later discovered it resting on a leaf-stalk 

 near leaf. 



On 30th, in same position on leaf-stalk, but found that a little had 

 been eaten out of each side of the approximate edges of the leaf ; the eating 

 on each side made the injury to the leaf extremely inconspicuous. At 

 1:15 p. m., found it on this leaf for first time, later it disappeared. 



On 31st, still in hiding. 



On I St September, found larva had left plant, which had been left 

 uncovered since 23rd, and was on the shelf; replaced it on the plant and 

 put wire gauze over it. Found remains of an egg shell on the plant. 



On 2nd September, larva on leaf, then on stem of another leaf; later 

 had disappeared. 



On 4th, I left for Quebec by the day boat and placed my parapher- 

 nalia in what I thought was a safe place in the saloon, but some one 

 knocked the wire gauze cover partly off the pot and this larva apparently 

 escaped, for I never found it again. It had lived and fed sparingly for 

 seventeen days, and had grown slowly but perceptibly, although it had 

 not passed a moult. 



Three more eggs hatched on 5 th Sept. and another on 6th, but 

 though I found, on the 7th, a leaf a little eaten, the larvae did not seem 

 inclined to feed, but seemed to rest most of the time in a lethargic con- 

 dition. 



These eggs which hatched last must have been laid not later than nth 

 or 1 2th of August at the latest, which would make the egg stage not less 

 than about 24 or 25 days, but the climate at Murray Bay would doubtless 



