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Stage V. — Head more triangular with a yellow vertical stripe on 

 each side in front. Body bluish green with the subdorsal line as before, 

 but more distinct and clear, pale straw yellow. Oblique stripes on 

 the sides less distinct, except the last, bright yellow and reaches the 

 tip of the caudal horn, which is now reddish above and below. 

 Spiracles black. Length, 28 mm. Moulted June 2 2d. 



Stage VI. — Body decidedly bluish green, more so than in the last 

 stage, especially along the dorsal region, granular. Subdorsal line and 

 oblique stripe like before. Caudal horn bluish purple. Thoracic feet 

 purplish. Abdominal legs purplish outside. Spiracles black, center 

 white. Length, 55 mm. 



Food-plants : Cherry, wild and cultivated, plum, apple, elm, oak, 

 hazel, willow, poplar, hornbeam, birch, ash, etc. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE LEPIDOPTEROUS 

 LARViE. 



By William Beutenmuller. 

 Alaria florida. 



Head shining green ; cervical shield green with a purplish patch 

 on each side ; body bright green, covered with numerous, elevated, 

 white granules \ dorsal line and indications of a line above the spira- 

 cles darker green. There is also a trace of a faint pale line along the 

 spiracles. Junctions of segments with a narrow yellow transverse 

 line above. Underside smooth, bright green with a whitish tinge. 

 Length, 30 mm. 



Found on evening primrose, August 17th. The moth emerged the 

 following July. 



Hadena devastatrix. 



Head very glossy chestnut brown ; smooth parts pitchy black ; 

 cervical shield rounded at the sides and behind, testaceous ; anterior 

 edge blackish, glossy ; body dirty brownish white, very glossy, with 

 a dark band on a junction of each segment. A few short hairs are 

 scattered over the body, which arise from minute piliferous spots. 

 Thoracic feet testaceous, tips pitchy black ; spiracles black ; abdom- 

 inal legs not prominently developed. Length, 30 mm. 



Found under a stone, May 27th, living in a burrow about three 

 inches deep. 



