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The following description of the larva was taken at the time : 



Length half-an inch ; body somewhat onisciform, distinctly annulated. 



Head very small, black and shining, and drawn within the second 

 segment when at rest. 



Body above dull green with a velvety appearance, occasioned by the 

 presence of many short, fine, whitish hairs and minute dots of a brownish 

 color, neither of which were plainly visible without a magnifyer. A dor- 

 sal stripe of a deeper shade of green margined with a faintly paler hue. 

 Sides of body striped obliquely with lines of a slightly paler shade of 

 green. A lateral cream-colored stripe close to under surface extending 

 from the anterior portion of third segment backwards. 



Under surface similar in color to upper, with a darker shade having a 

 faintly bluish tinge along the middle ; feet and prolegs tipped with pale 

 brown. 



One specimen became a chrysalis on the 28th of July, and produced 

 the imago on the 8th of August. 



MISCELLANEOUS MEMORANDA. 



BY C. E. WOKTHINGTON, CHICAGO, ILL. 



Larva of Arza??w obliquata Grote. — Found April 23rd, under the bark 

 of a dead maple about three feet from the ground, where it had made for 

 itself an oval cavity in the dust. 



Head small and black ; head and first four segments flattened above ; 

 1 st segment black, edged with light brown and with a light brown dorsal 

 stripe ; remaining segments dull olivaceous brown, slightly pubescent, and 

 having the greasy appearance of an Agrotis larva. No dorsal stripe back 

 of 1 st segment ; 1st and 2nd segments project laterally over stigmata; 

 immediately below the stigmata on each side is a faint, narrow, brown 

 stripe, below which the color is much lighter. Anal segment with a fleshy 

 fold slightly resembling that of Catocala crataegi. 



Length 2 inches. Diameter not taken, but is small in proportion. 



