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Raphia FRATER. Grote. 



Color generally dark, somewhat bluish-green, though subject 

 to considerable variation of tint. Body covered with scattered 

 bright yellow points, about twenty on each segment. A dorsal 

 hump on seg. 2 surmounted by two short, blunt red prominences. 

 On the dorsal surface of segs. 4, 8, 11 is a transverse mottled red- 

 purple transverse band, interrupted centrally and somewhat cres- 

 cent-shaped, which is bordered posteriorly and externally with 

 more or less clear yellow. A lateral red point on segs. i and 2. 

 Legs and prolegs light green, anal pair tipped with red. Head 

 rather large, bluish-green, with minute lateral black point. L. 40 

 m. m. 



Form very stout, tapering somewhat posteriorly and ending 

 abruptly. Rests on the midrib on the underside of poplar leaves. 

 Varies considerably in size, the males being much smaller and 

 more slender than the females. 



Spun a stout blackish cocoon on bark September 10. Imago 

 June 10. 



It is this larva or its ally, R. abrxipta, that is figured in Harris' 

 Correspondence, pi. i, fig. 6. as '^ Notodonta sp., found under 

 maple." 



Apatela morula. G. & R. 



Eggs on elm, July 6. Very '^mall, much flattened, whitish. 

 Hatched July 12. 



Young larva. — Dirty greenish- white, without marks. A few 

 white hairs, a sub-dorsal row black. Head tinged with brown. 



After 1st moult, July 15. Light green. Legs and setiferous 

 tubercles white. A sub-dorsal white band. A few anterior and 

 posterior hairs very long. Head light green, with a few longi- 

 tudinal dark streaks. L. 2.5 m. m. 



After 2d moult, July 19. Brighter green. Sub-dorsal band 

 more distinct, interrupted oa segs. i and 10. A transverse me- 

 dian dorsal red band on segs. 4, 7, 11. Form more tapering ab- 

 ruptly anteriorly and gradually posteriorly from segs. 3 and 4. 

 L. 6 m. m. 



After 3d moult, July 22. Clear, light pea-green. A sub- 

 dorsal yellow band growing faint on segs. 9 and 10. A conspic- 

 uous mottled dark red-brown dorsal patch on segs. 4, 7, 11, edged 

 posteriorly and externally with yellow. A fine lateral white 

 line. Two small dorsal reddish patches on seg. i. Setiferous 

 tubercles yellowish, bearing a few long whitish hairs. Head green 

 anteriorly, mottled reddish posteriorly. Legs and prolegs green. 

 L, 10 m. m. 



After 4th moult, July 26. Dark yellow-green above, blue- 

 green below. Colors brighter than in the preceding stage. Lat- 

 eral line broken and inconspicuous, otherwise as in the preceding 

 stage. L. 18 m. m. 



