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Deilephila lineata, Fni, 



A nnte was made in an article entitled "A Summer Trip to Southern 

 California " concerning tlie fact that the Mohave Indians leed on the raw 

 \ar\x u{ Da'/t/'/i //a /jMcv/</. Mr. W. G. Wright, from whom we received 

 our information, has since sent us an article written by him, and published 

 in the "Overland Monthly Magazme"' Sept. 1884. In that article are 

 Some remarks bearing t)n the subjeet, so interesting, that we print them. 

 He calls attention in the letter that we misrepresented him in saying the 

 la rvai were eaten rcrw ; and we cheerfully admit the mistake of our 

 memory and insert the curreciion. What he saw is given in the story of 

 a trip in the desert. "In an hour we come to the caterpillar pasture. 

 Tiie sand is dotted with mats and patches of procumbent plants, much 

 resembling in flower the common garden verbena, Ahrotiia umbellaia, 

 A. viscosa, on which vast armies of caterpillars — the larvae oi D. lineata — 

 are feeding ; they are huge worms three and four inches long. Another 

 smaller army of Indians — bucks squaws, and papooses — are out gather- 

 ing them as though they were huckleberries, for use as food. The Indians 

 do not notice us, but go on with their gathering. Seizing a fat worm, they 

 pull ofif its head, and by a dexterous jerk the viscera are ejected, and the 

 wriggling carcass is put into a small basket or bag, or strung upon 

 strings and hung upon the arm or about the neck, till occasion is found 

 to put them into a large receptacle. I got three of these gathering 

 baskets. One is funnel-shaped, holding a quart or two ; another is like 

 a large, flat saucer, and the third is similar, but with a deep rim. At 

 night these Indians carry their prey home, where they have a great feast. 

 Indians from a long distance come to these worm feasts, and it is a time 

 of great rejoicing among them. I asked one of the young man if these 

 worms made good food ; he replied, "Yes, very good indeed, in slew.' 

 Of another old fellow we asked where these worms all came from, and he 

 replied: "From the good God." The larva; that are not consumed at 

 the time (and they eat incredible quantities), are put upon ground pre- 

 viously heated by a fire, and thoroughly dried, when they are packed 

 away whole, or pulverized into a meal.'' G. D. H. 

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Notes on the Larvae of Arctia Brucei, Hy. Edwards. 

 By David Bruce, Brockport, N. Y. 



I first met with this moth above timber in the Snowy Range, Park 

 Co., Colorado, July 7th ("87)— altitude 12,500 ft. It was sitting on a 

 rock and was a fine female. In the course of the day she laid eggs. A 

 few days after this I caught a" perfect male as it was flying briskly in the 

 sunshine. This was at least 13,000 ft. elevation. A nii'a Qiiensellii wnsnui 



