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named beautiful Caiib. It was found July 3rd, at Greenwood Lake, N. J., 

 in a little swampy meadow. It was found slowly crawling on flowers 

 {Berberidw) which were scattered in profusion over the ground. 



In the face of the intense heat I made a complete examination of the 

 surroundings with the sweeping net and had the satisfaction of obtaining 

 8 perfect specimens all of which, in spite of the name purpurea, were of a 

 very bright green color. 



About 4 weeks later I\Ir. Bever at the same place took without any 

 difficuhv in search, a large numf.er of this same beetle on Blackberry 

 bushes. 



The Excursion spoken of above and which lasted 3 days was, I am 

 glad to sav, a verv successful one, not only in the quantity of material 

 taken, but also in the numbers of specimens, especially Cerambycidce, 

 BtiprcstkhT, Chrvsoineluhe and Curculiofiidi.e. 



Among other things I took a specimen of Crypiorynchiis Lapaihi, 

 Linn., showing that this sjvjcies is prdbably already quite widely dis- 

 tributed. 



Description of Mature Larva of Gnophaela 



vermiculata, G. (jf R. 



By David Bruce. 



Body black, with a row of diamond shaped spots on back, forming 

 a yellow dorsal line ; a row of yellow V-shaped marks along the spiracles; 

 two small vellow dots on each segment just above spiracles ; twelve small 

 tufts of short white hairs on each segment, each springing from a blue 

 tubercle. Head clear amber brown ; underside of body clear yellow the 

 whole length ; feet black. Pupa, glossy black, with shield-shaped yellow- 

 spots ; black spiracle in center of each spot, short spring tufts on each 

 end of pupa. Cocoon, a single loose layer of white lacy web, appearing 

 as if delicately punctured. Imago emerged in 2 weeks. These larva? 

 were plentiful in the upper jiart of Platte Canon, Col, m July, feeding on 

 Mertensia ]'u\i^n'iiica. Thev are gregarious when young, but separate and 

 wander as they approach maturity ; when full grown the whole brood ap- 

 pears to make for the nearest large detached rock where they spin their 

 cocoons in the angles and crevices, generally in clusters, and often cover- 

 ing each others cocoons so thickly that many of the moths are not able 

 to make their way through but die crippled. The general appearance of 

 the larva reminds one of some of the Acrouyche. 



