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" Newly hatched larva : length, -10 inch ; head rather^arge, bilobed, pale 

 brown with a few fine short hairs and several black dots on each side. Body 

 above, dull yellowish-green, with a dark brown stripe on each side, about half 

 way towards spiracles. Below T this the sides of the body are paler,with a whitish 

 bloom over the surface. There are a few short brownish hairs, most numerous 

 on terminal segment. Under surface pale whitish, with a dusky patch of 

 red about the base of the two pairs of prolegs. Feet and prolegs pale, semi- 

 transparent." 



Mature Larva (Quebec.) Fed on red currant. Length, 1.50 to 1.75 inch ; 

 body gradually increasing in size from head to prolegs ; general colour, yellowish 



green. 



Head square and flattened above, with three longitudinal purplish brown 

 and whitish stripes, which are continued on first segment. There are also two 

 small projections like rudimentary antennae, one on each side of head, -03 long. 



Body yellowish-green, an indistinct whitish dorsal line, a rather broad 

 whitish line on each side, just below spiracles, bordered above with faint purple, 

 which increases in depth of colour towards the posterior rings, and becomes a 

 purple stripe on anal prolegs, forming a resemblance to an inverted A- Beneath, 

 same colour as above, but with faint interrupted longitudinal lines. Spiracles 

 white, bordered with purple. Above, on each segment, from 2nd to 7th inclu- 

 sive, are five minute black dots (four in a square and one in front towards the 

 head), and all the rings have a yellowish band on the swelled part where the 

 succeeding segment is inserted. Legs pale green. 



The pupa is -50 to -60 inch, in length, and of a dark olive green colour, with 

 the exception of the abdomen, which is pale greenish yellow, and has a row of 

 black dots on each side, and another dorsal row. The wing cases are very 

 prominent, and from their strong contrast with the abdomen in colour make the 

 chrysalis a pretty object. I found them fastened by the tail, and reposing in a 

 slight net- work of silken threads, with which the caterpillar had drawn the 

 edges of a currant leaf half way together, so as to form a kind of cradle. The 

 structure could not be called a cocoon, in fact the chrysalis, which is very lively, 

 had wriggled itself out of its bed in some cases, and hung outside fastened only 

 by the tail. The moth appeared in July, from 10 to 14 days after pupating. It 

 will be seen that it emerges somewhat earlier in the season at Quebec than at 

 London, judging from the dates given by Mr. Saunders. 



On the 28th June, I took a Grapta larva, almost full grown, from a red cur- 

 rant bush, and after feeding it a few days it became a pupa, and duly produced 

 the butterfly, which, after some hesitation, I have referred to Grapta 2^ogne. 

 Mr. Saunders says that "it approaches very near to faunus, but resembles 

 progne still more, though the markings are deeper and richer than usual." The 

 following is a description of the larva:— 



Mature Larva: Fed on red currant; length l-30th inch; cylindrical; general 

 color, yellow. 



