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ilislliict. stnii^hl, anil cniiliinicd mi I., tli,' Iniiil wiiii;. \\,r diiU nuiikiiii; un 

 Ihr wiiiiT. C'ostii oC (lirr w iiiii w liitish : IViiiyr nn lint li w ini^s pulrr m-ci'ni>li 

 lli:iii thr \\iii<r, soiurrnncs jiIukisI wliilisli. Wiiiirs i)rin-;illi piil.T lliiiii aiinve. 

 lure wiiiiis irrcciiisli, willi a wliilisli, dill'iisr, oiifri- hariili cu^ta waslicd liiiiillv 

 uitli Dclin^oiis. Lc<is (lr('|) (iclircons. suiiicliiiK'.'- with a reddish tiiiirc 



I.ciioth uf hotly, c?, ().;j('-0.ao, 9. 0.30: of loir winy. ,' . ().;;2-(».4(», 

 9. O.42-0.4r): cxiiaiisc of winirs. 0.73-O.f;O iii,li 



.Moiilri'al, ( 'aiiada ( i.ynian): Cain pi on. N. 1 1.. .1 uiic ( W.-dkrr) ; liriiiis\\ i.-k, 

 M(\ (Packard); I'orllaii<l. .Mr. (.MoVsc): Dnhliii. .\. 11.. .Milion. .\ras.v (Harris 

 Coll. :\Iiis. Bosl. Soc. Xal. Ilisl.); Xahaiit. .Mas.s. (.Alorriii;^ ) : Xatick, Mti.-;s. 

 (Stratfoii); Boston, Mass., June «iid Scptcinhcr (Saiiliorn ) : lirooklinc, Mass., 

 MnyHl (Shiirtlefr) : ('anihrido:c, :\Iass (\'crrill) ; Amherst. .Mass., Scptcmhcr 

 (Packard, Mus. Peal). Aead. Se.) ; Peabod^-, Ma.ss. (Mr.s. Ooleord) : Spriiig- 

 lield, Mass., June 18 (Diinmoek); West Farms, N. Y. (Angus, Mus. Peab. 

 Acad. Sc); Brooklyn, X. Y. ((Jraef); Xew Jersey (Sachs): llarrisburirh, 

 Pa., August 20 (Siiurth-ll'): l-:aston. Pa. Stiillz): Ci'iitrai Missouri (IMey): 

 Lawrence, Kans. (Snow) ; Demojiolis, Ala. (Grofe); ^\"aco. Texas. Mav 1. 

 October (Belfrage, Mus. Peab. Acad. Sc.) ; Dalla.s, '("exas. April l.i, 3iay '> 

 (Boll, Mus. Peab. Acad. Sc); New Orleans, La. (Mns. Peab. .Vcad. Sci.). 



From the dates given above, it appears that this moth is double-broodrd. 

 OiK! ot our most conimon green moths, and easily recoirni/.ed bv the ochreoiis 

 Cront and palpi, jiale whitish-o;reen wiuus. and the tun broad, parallel, whitish 

 lilies; it readily liides out, s.i that the lines are almost elliiced. Some a[)pear 

 as il minutely mottled with whitish Hecks. 'I'exaii specimens do not seem 

 to vary from New England ones. 'J'lie distance between the two lines varies 

 considerably. This common and widely-spread species is easily r(,"co<.mize<l 

 l)y the pale-srreen body and wings, the ochreoiis front and jialjii, and i)y the 

 broad, common, whitish b;ind, also its small size and rounded hind wiiiiis. It, 

 seems to be doiible-lnooded, as it apjiears in Massachusetts in June and auain 

 in September. It varies but little, sometimes differing in the depth of the 

 green shade, often occurring in colh-ctions almost white, it is closely allied 

 to E herharia of Southern Europe. 



Larva. — Mr. L. W. Goodell has raised this moth, and writes me that the 

 caterpillar was found on the red raspberry. " It is green, marked ol)scurely 

 with paler green, and when fully grown measured an inch in length, July 

 24th it fastened itself to the boltcmi of the box in which it was confined and 



