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Jjdna (1)1(1 ])ll)HI. The lollowillir iIcscrililiDIl nl'lhc l;il\;i ;iM(l |ill|i;iis 



(•()[)ic(l Iroiii Mr. Sciiddci's nnlcs; " Ijtjlii ^rass-iffccii. Tlic sli;i|)r of llic 

 l;irv;i is (juite peculiar. Tlu; licad is (|iiil(' small ami may Ix; parliallv 

 \villi(li-a\vii williiii the protlioracic scirmciil, the llioiacic sci,rmciits arc also 

 nitiicr small; llic rcinaiiiiiig scgiuciifs arc nearly equal, hul each scLrmeiil, 

 hears ;i p(x;iiliar eloiiiralioii at llic lateral line, those ol' tho soumcnl Ix'ariiig 

 the ventral proleg, and tlie one posterior to it l)eini,Mnn(di smaller than the 

 rest, liei'omiiig merely a horizontal wart, while on the others they l)0(;()me 

 (•omi)resse(! appendaijes turned outwards and upwai'ds, inclined conslderahlv 

 I'orwards and armed at the tip with t wo (dliptical warts, terminated witli a 

 liristle, the anterior one |)oInting In the general direction of the appendage, 

 the posterior directed lia(d\ward ; these appendages are reddish towards the 

 i'ni\ and increase in si/.e posteriorly, attainiiii,^ their maximum size on the 

 sixth segment and then decreasing to the ninth. The eleventh segment hears 

 sid)dor.sal liorns long, conical, straight and s|iiny, eacdi surmounted hy a hristle- 

 hearing wart, like that on each of the lohes of t he ap[!endages nnuitioned. 1'Ik' 

 jirothoracic .segment also l>eai's iuifc'rioily a ti'ansverse row (d" lour short horns 

 similar to those on the eleventh segment, and postm'iorly two situated hehiud 

 the central two of the anterior row; (>ac!i of these hears two hiislles. ( )u 

 all the other segments thei'c ai'ets'.o pairs of snhchirsal mimite hrisfle-hearim,^ 

 warts. The entire body, legs, head and iiorns are covered with minute short 

 white blunt spines. The head is rather deeply clelt, whitish, granulated, 

 with some dark spots; labrum edged with reddish; antemue ])ale. ^Fhe ijody 

 is slightl}' paler beneath, with a pale stigmata! !>and on (he abdominal segment 

 turning upward at the fourth and tilth segnu.'nts. Leniiih O.Tit inch, breadth 

 iV inch. It was found at I'riiu'eton, Mass., Aug. 2-1, li'cding on Coniplonhi 

 u^plcnifoluj. ()n(he tburtii of September it began to make a cocoon by 

 fastening together pieces of leavi\s and the ends of whole leaves, with a lew 

 silk threads. 



"Pupa grass green, dotted jirofusidy with dark green; the top of the 

 head ;md thorax and all of the alKhunen is of a dirty while (-(-iloi', dotted 

 rather profus(dy with brownish ; the last segmeid is hoof-sliaix'd and yellow- 

 ish, with two reddish hooks. An indistinct dark stigmalal ban(L Spiracles 

 lirownisli encircled with dirty while. A black dorsal baud runs the w hoh; 

 length of the l)ody. Length 0. U inch." A ehi-ysalis was also Itxind at 

 Framinirham, .\biss., August 1. 



