THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 11 



Body, above, yellowish-green, streaked and spotted with white, inter- 

 mixed all through with green, thus dividing the white into a series of 

 streaks, dots and broken lines ; there is also a line of greenish-white on 

 each side, close to the undersurface. Each segment has a few tubercles of a 

 green color, striped with white ; these are small on the second, third and 

 fourth segments, but much larger from fifth to twelfth, inclusive, and 

 entirely wanting on the terminal segment. On each of the hinder segments, 

 with the exception of the last three, are ten or twelve of these tubercles, 

 which almost cover the whole surface, and from each of the tubercles 

 throughout there arises a single whitish hair. 



The under surface is of a deeper green than the upper, with a few 

 short whitish hairs, chiefly on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, nth and 12th segments. 

 Feet green, prolegs, of which there are three pairs, green also. 



This larva became a chrysalis on the 18th of June, and produced the 

 moth on the 13th of July. 



In the caterpillar state, the insect feeds on the hop, consuming the 



leaves, but we have never 

 known it to occur in 

 sufficient numbers to do 

 much damage. The moth, 

 (see fig. 6,) measures, 

 when expanded, about 

 1^ inches. A large 

 portion of the upper surface 

 of the fore-wings is covered 

 with brilliant, metallic 

 *' ' green scales, which are 



darker on the lower portion of the middle and on the tips of the wings, 

 and much paler towards the inner angle. The wings are covered by two 

 oblique, irregular brown lines, and parts of the upper and outer portions 

 are tinged with purplish. The hind wings are of a brownish dusky grey, 

 without markings. The anterior portion of the body is pale brown, marked 

 with buff and curiously crested above, the hinder portions of the body are 

 paler. The under surface of both front and hind wings is dull, varying in 

 shade from pale buff to brown, one of the brown lines on the upper surface 

 of fore wings being reproduced and extended across the hind wings. 



This moth has been found in various parts of Canada, but in no instance 

 have we heard of its being met with in any considerable numbers. 



