NiiSTH Report of the State Entomologist 453 



Transformations of Hyperchiria lo (Fabr.). (Twenty-fourth 

 Annual Eeport on the N. Y. State Museum of Natural 

 History, for the year 1870: 1872, pp. 146-149. Entomological 

 Contributions — No. II, 1872, pp. 42-45.) 



The caterpillar described after its last four molts and at maturity ; pro- 

 cessionary habits in its second stage : its pupation : its food-plants : the true lo 

 of Fabricius — not varia of Walker. 



Transformations of Eacles imperialis (Dkuky). Twenty -fourth 

 Annual Eeport on the N. Y. State Museum of Natural 

 History, for the year 1870 : 1872, pp. 150-154, Entomological 

 Contributions — No. II, 1872, pp. 46-50.) 



Description of the egg, the first larval stage, the four subsequent stages, 

 and death from bacterial disease. A number of nearly full-grown larvas 

 collected from pines, Pimis strobns, in September, and tlieir transformations 

 to the imago. 



Larval Notes on Anisota senatoria (Smith). (Twenty-fourth 

 Annual Eeport on the N. Y. State Museum of Natural 

 History, for the year 1870 : 1872, pp. 155, 156. Entomological 

 Contributions— No. II, 1872, pp. 51, 52.) 



Oviposition on under surface of oak leaves, Quercus prinoides, in July : 

 the four molts of the larvse and pupation. Trains on the New York Central 

 railroad stopped by the caterpillars on the rails: their great abundance 

 annually at Center, N. Y. 



Calendar of Butterflies for the year 1870. (Twenty-fourth Annual 

 Eeport on tiie N. Y. State Museum of Natural History, 

 for the year 1870: 1872, pp. 157-167. Entomological Contri- 

 butions—No. II, 1872, pp. 53-63.) 



Observations of seventy-three species of butterflies occuring in six locali- 

 ties in the vicinity of Albany during the spring and summer of 1870, indicat- 

 ing each day of occurrence, are given in tabular form. Twenty-nine species 

 are noted at one locality on June 16th. Also, notes on the abundance, 

 condition, time of appearance of sexes, successive broods, etc., at various 

 dates from May 3d to October 21st. 



Dates of Collection of some Heterocera for 1870. (Twenty -fourth 

 Annual Eeport on the N. Y. State Museum of Natural 

 History, for the year 1870 : 1872, pp. 168-170. P^ntomologicai 

 Contributions — No. II, 1872, pp. 64-66.) 



Embraces twelve species of Sphingidie, nineteen species of Bombycidae, 

 twenty -eight species of Noctuidee, and fourteen species of Phakenidte. 



