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blackish-brown, the anterior portion of the wings and legs a little 

 paler, while the spaces between these is son:iewhat yellowish, as 

 also the parts between the terminal joints. Duration of this 

 period from the time of beginning to spin nineteen days. The 

 cocoon was loosely spun of fine white silk, and not enough of it 

 to conceal the chrysalis. Two days passed from the time the 

 larva began spinning to the time the last larva skin was moulted 

 and the chrysalis was to be seen. 



The eggs were deposited April 27th, and the moths hatched 

 June 8th, making a period of forty-two days from the egg to the 

 imago. Allowing three days from the time the moths emerge 

 before eggs for another brood are deposited, would give us forty- 

 five days as the whole period from egg to egg, though I 

 am of the opinion that it is a few days longer, from the condition 

 of the moth depositing the eggs from which the above notes were 

 taken. This would give us two more broods of moths this sea- 

 son, with another brood of larvae that probably hibernates in the 

 chrysalis state, or four broods in a season. This is making little 

 or no allowance for delays in some of the larvae in passing from 

 one state to another ; in fact, those that were healthy were very 

 regular in their moults. From larvae found in the garden at dif- 

 ferent times there seems to be sorhe irregularity, hence there 

 would be in some cases of retarded development only three 

 broods, while in others four. 



The larvae seemed to be easily affected by external conditions. 

 Out of eighty passing the second moult, I obtained only 

 four chrysalids, and only two of those produced imagines. It 

 should be said, however, that about the period of the third and 

 fourth moults the weather was rainy most of the time, and all 

 my larvae of other species were somewhat affected by it, but none 

 so much as these. Larvae found in the garden during that time 

 were affected in the same way. 



The food plant not being known, quite a number of tender 

 leaves were at first offered the young larvae. Among these pars- 

 nip, larkspur and clover were eaten, though towards the last, let- 

 tuce was given them, as they were found on that. They were, 

 however, fed most of the time on parsnip leaves, as they seemed 

 to prefer that plant. 



"TINEID.E" OR "TINEINA." 



By V. T. Chambers. 



I desire to offer a few remarks suggested by Lord Walsing- 

 ham's paper in the May number of Papilio. I am so com- 

 pletely out of Entomology now, and have done so little in it for 

 the last two or three years (beyond arranging some old notes for 

 publication) that I do not feel qualified to discuss the subjects 



