wing, while the depth of the terminal coloring leaves the large 

 median space of the primaries pale and contrasting, reminding 

 us a little of C. cordelia. The hind v/ings are dark yellow, with 

 the wide black median band connected with the base, and resem- 

 ble those of polygaina. Five or six examples, all alike, have 

 been collected by Mr. Pilate, of this interesting form, which I 

 call C. dnlciola. The female type before me expands 44 milli- 

 metres. 



ON THE EARLY STAGES OF SOME MOTHS. 



By D. W. Coquillett, Woodstock, 111. 



The larvae described below are provided with 16 legs, except 

 the last one, which has only 12 : 



Apatela AMERICANA, Harris. — Body greenish white ; a sub- 

 dorsal and stigmatal black line ; on top of the last two segments 

 is a black stripe which widens posteriorly ; body thickly covered 

 with short pale yellow hairs ; on top of segments 4 and 6 are two 

 pencils, and on top of segment 11 is a single pencil, of very long 

 black hairs ; venter black ; head shining black; length 2^ inches. 

 One specimen taken on a red-oak tree August 13 ; on the 19th of 

 the same month it spun in one of the upper corners of its breed- 

 ing cage a large cocoon, interwoven with the hairs with which its 

 body was covered ; the imago emerged on the 24th of May of the 

 following year. 



Apatela lobeli/E, Guenee. — Body bluish gray, the dorsal 

 space tinged with yellow ; a dorsal and subdorsal pale yellowish 

 line extending only to segment 1 1 which is humped, the top blue- 

 ish, and on it are four quite large piliferous spots, top of segment 

 4 bluish, interrupting the dorsal line ; piliferous spots whitish, 

 prominent, each bearing a black hair ; sides of the body quite 

 thickly covered with whitish hairs ; spiracles white, encircled 

 with black ; venter, greenish white ; head, gray, dotted with black, 

 and marked on the top with two blood-red spots; length i^ 

 inches. One specimen found June 6, on a burr oak tree; it spun 

 a cocoon June 22, disclosing the imago July 14. 



Apatela falcula, Grote. — Body, dark brown, mottled with 

 pale greenish ; a dark dorsal line, on each side of which are two 

 rows of prickles, most distinct on anterior part of body ; the four 

 prickles on top of segment 1 1 are larger and placed closer together 

 than those on the segments anterior to it ; from each of these 

 prickles proceeds or two short black hairs ; venter, greenish white ; 

 sides of head pale greenish, the face brownish ; length, i^ inches. 

 One specimen found on hazel, September 25, entered the earth 

 and spun a thin cocoon September 29, disclosing the imago May 

 25 of the following year. 



Apatela superans, Guenee. — Body green ; a reddish 

 brown dorsal strij^e, edged with yellow ; in the middle of this 



