68 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



1 hi7-d stage — Head pale white, with large, black, piliferous spots; 

 width, about 0.9 mm. Body blackish green. Lines white, the stigmatal 

 a little greenish centrally. Piliferous spots large, black, faintly, encircled 

 with white. 



Fourth stage. — As before. Width of head, i. 2-1. 4 mm. A broad, dull 

 red band appears in the centre of the stigmatal band. 



Fifth stage. — Head shining pale whitish, reticulated with brown, and 

 bearing a number 01 large, black piliferous spots ; ocelli black ; a blackish 

 streak at vertex of each lobe ; width 1.9 mm. Body dull green, heavily 

 mottled with black, especially at the sides, where it is nearly entirely 

 velvety black. Dorsal and subdorsal lines narrow, white ; stigmatal line 

 sordid reddish, bordered above and below by white. Piliferous dots 

 black, with white centres. Feet pale. 



Sixth stage. — Head pale whitish, with a tinge of green, a patch of 

 brown reticulations on each lobe, bordered'above and below by a broad, 

 dark brown streak ; a number of large, black piliferous dots ; width 2.8 

 mm. Body enlarged slightly at joint 12, feet normal, joint 13 divided by 

 a distinct suture. Colour blackish-green, consisting of black reticulations 

 on a greenish ground. A narrow, black-edged, white dorsal line, inter- 

 rupted by a series of black intersegmental shades, double on joint 12 ; 

 a reddish tinge subdorsally ; a narrow, black-edged, white subdorsal line ; 

 a broad, black, lateral shade ; a broad, dull red stigmatal band, bordered 

 with white. Venter paler, mottled with brown. Piliferous dots white, 

 the subveiitral ones black. Feet pale. Set?e pale, about i mm. long. 

 Spiracles white, with a narrow black edge. 



Seventh stage. — As before, but the piliferous dots smaller, and the 

 green colour is nearly all replaced by a pale brown. 



Cocoon. — A cell in the ground with compact hardened walls, without 

 any web. 



Pupa. — Cylindrical, abdomen slightly enlarged centrally, cases 

 moderately prominent ; a slight depression between thora.x and abdomen. 

 Cremaster very short, consisting of two fused spines, separated at their 

 tips, and two ethers outside of, but in line with these. Colour light 

 brownish-yellow, unicolorous, but darker in the abdominal sutures. 

 Length of pupa, 14 mm. ; width, 5.5 mm. 



Food plant. — Wild gooseberry (Ribes). 



Prof Smith has kindly determined the moth from some imperfect, 

 undeveloped specimens. 



