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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



Fam. GEOMETRID^. 

 Cidaria, 4- punctata. Packard, 



Head and 2d segment, dull rose pink, the same color beiug continued 

 broadly along the sides. In the lateral region are some small white dots. 

 Dorsal region and underside, bright apple green, each segment tinged indis- 

 tinctly with dull orange yellow. Feet and legs, dull rose pink. 



Length, 1 inch. 



Food plant, Fuschia; the stems of which plant are wonderfully mimicked 

 in color by the caterpillar. 



Chrysalis. Light brown, paler at the junction of the segments, each of 

 which bears a transverse row of minute concolorous hairs. 



Length, 0.60 inch. 



Spins a very thin web on the underside of the leaf, which is slightly rolled 

 at the edges. 



Changed to chrysalis, June 25; Imago, August 4. 



LIST OF SPECIES NOTICED IN THIS PAPEB. 



Papilio Philenor Chrysalis. 



Limenitis Valifornica Larva and Chrysalis. 



Lyccena antosgon Larva. 



Deilephila daucus Larva and Chrysalis. 



Smerinthus opthalmicus Egg and Carva. 



Halesidota Edicardsii Egg. 



Spilosoma vestalis Egg aud stages of Larva}. 



Pseudohazis eglanterina Egg and Larva. 



Hemileuca Nevadensis Larva. 



Acronycta lepusculina Larva. 



Drasteria erectho E»g. 



Cidaria, ^-punctata Larva and Chrysalis . 



Dr. Henry Gibbons called attention to the frequency of 

 earthquakes in different parts of the world during the present 

 month. 



The following propositions for membership were submitted : 



W. H. Hall, J. P. Curtis, H. S. Craven, C. A. Stetefeldt, 

 W. A. Skidmore, Howard Schuyler, Alfred Poett, James D. 

 Hague, E. B. Dorsey, Hamilton Smith, Jr., Louis Janin, 

 Charles Barton Hill, Joel F. Lightner. 



On motion of Mr. Stearns, the Vice-President was authorized 

 to appoint a committee of ten to confer with the Committee of the 

 Art Association upon the subject of the obsequies of the late 

 Benjamin Parke Avery. 



The Committee appointed in the matter of sectionizing the 



