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the exterior margin somewhat sickle-shaped ; the eyes are naked ; the 

 tibiae unarmed. Head, thorax and fore wings brownish wine-red ; the 

 thoracic hairs show a tipping of white scales under the glass. All the 

 markings obliterate, so that the insect in color and appearance reminds 

 one of Perigrapha tra?isparens. The markings are indicated by blackish 

 scales. Reniform marked by an upper and lower blackish clouding, 

 moderate, upright, finely ringed with pale. Orbicular more faintly marked, 

 a little oblique, approximate, also finely ringed with pale. The median 

 shade crosses the wing. Lines not discernible ; under the glass the s. t. 

 line is seen to be marked by double black points on the veins. Fringes 

 more clearly red on both wings ; secondaries without marks, somewhat 

 evenly fuscous ; beneath paler, with traces of the reniform on primaries ; 

 secondaries with a dot. This is larger than crisp a; varying in depth of 

 red, the female the darker. Three specimens. The insect looks like 

 Gortyna nebris a little, except in its red color. Expanse 35 mil. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF 

 CHIONOBAS JUTTA. 



BY REV. THOMAS W. FVLES, SOUTH QUEBEC. 



Eggs laid June 17th., scattered, hatched July 1st. 



Egg. — Creamy white : one-twenty-fourth of an inch in diameter ; 

 shaped like a nutmeg-melon ; marked longitudinally with zig-zag ridges ; 

 attached by short foot-stalk. 



Newly Hatched Larva. — One-eighth of an inch long. Head large 

 in proportion to body, honey-yellow, granulated. Body attenuated and 

 ending in two pointed prolongations; pale amber, set with brown tubercles 

 bearing light spines. Dorsal and side lines darker amber. Spiracles 

 dark brown. Head and fore legs bearing a few bristles. The insect feeds 

 with its head downwards on the edge of the leaf. Its food plant is the 

 sedge, Carex oligosperma. 



The first moult occurred July 6th. The skin was ruptured under the 

 head. 



Larva After First Moult. — Length one-fourth of an inch. Colour a 

 delicate shade of pea-green; dorsal, sub-dorsal and side lines a pale warm 



