338 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Catocala lacrymosa. 



Eggs of this species hatched on the 8th and 9th of May, and 

 the larvae were very small, slender, dirty-green, indistinctly lined 

 longitudinally. Head small, dark green. Had grown little up to 

 the 14th. Were feeding on pecan leaves. May 16th, larvae small, 

 light and striped longitudinally. Head small and light brown. 

 Some of the larvae moulted for the first time on this date, or eight 

 days from hatching. May 20th — Larvae at second moult one-third 

 of an inch long, steel-gray, lined longitudinally with white. Head 

 gray and striped. May 24th — Larvae two-thirds of an inch long, 

 light gray with double elongate dorsal black lunules on the first, 

 second and indistinctly on the third abdominal segments. Head a 

 little darker than the body. 



May 31st — Larvae nearly an inch long, light ashen gray, 

 streaked with broken dark lines longitudinally. A pair each of 

 black spot-like markings over the first and second abdominal 

 segments. True and prolegs whitish. Head coloured as the rest 

 of the body. No stigmatal band and no row of sublateral setae. 

 Ventral side of body whitish with large black spots. At this date 

 most of the larvae had succumbed to the excessive heat. 



June 19th — The last and only larva left from a hundred that 

 hatched on the 8th and 9th of May passed its third moult. Feeding 

 on pecan. June 26th — Larva passed 4th moult, was over one and 

 one-half inches long, light bluish gray, traversed longitudinally by 

 fine lines of black dots. Head lighter than body colour, with 

 brown longitudinal markings. A short lateral mouth dash of black. 

 Tubercles white, sometimes in black basal patches. True and 

 prolegs light gray. Head shaped as in other black-winged hickory 

 feeders, large. Row of short sparse lateral setae. No humps. 

 July 3rd — Larva about one and three-fourths inches long, light 

 bluish gray, with fine longitudinal streaks, white tubercles, lateral 

 row of short sparse setae. Short black streaks about the bases of 

 the tubercles. Underside of body lighter than above, a little 

 greenish and with brown median spots. No humps. Head as in 

 other black under-wings. July 7th — Larva passed 5th moult, and 

 was about two inches long, light bluish-gray with white tubercles. 

 Head large, round and of body colour, with brown lines or streaks 



