PAPILIO. 



Organ of the New York Entomological Club. 



Vol. III.] SEPT.— DEC, 1883. • [No. 7-10. 



ON THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF SOME SPECIES OF 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



By IIknry Edwards and S. Lowell Elliot. 



It is desired in the present paper to give some few facts with refer- 

 ence to the early stages of well known insects, and to call atten- 

 tion to the food plants of many not hitherto recorded. It is hoped 

 that, while following a beaten track in many instances, some new 

 ground may yet be covered, and that the record of observation now 

 given may not be without its value. The numbers following the name 

 refer to the species in Mr. Elliot's breeding boxes. 



SpHINGID/E. 



Hemaris uniformis. G. and R. (No. 51.) 



Larva. (After 3d moult.) 



Head rather small, bluish green, with white irrorations; 2d segment 

 with yellow ring in front. The dorsal region is greenish white wjth 

 darker median stripe. Below this is a lateral yellow line running to 

 the caudal horn, and becoming wider as it approaches its base. The 

 lateral space below this line is yellowish green, covered with yellow 

 irrorations. The spiracles are red in the centre, with a white dot above 

 and below. On the anal segment is an oblique yellow dash. The ab- 

 dominal legs are yellowish at their base, banded with black, and with 

 the tips pink. The thoracic feet are black at the base, then a narrow 

 white band, and pink at their tips. Mouth parts black. Caudal horn 

 rough, pinkish on the sides, blue green in centre and beneath, with 

 raised black irrorations. 



Ler:gth, 1.50 inch. 



Food plants. Viburnutn opiilus and V. dentatiim. 



Larva (Full grown.) 



The dorsal line after the last moult has become a crimson broken 



