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Mature larva. — Twig-like, head very deeply uotched, each side above conical ; the 

 face flat in front, the surface granulated. Prothoracic segment raised in front into a 

 large granulated piliferous tubercle. On the fifth abdominal segment a pair of large 

 lateral rough tubercles, a little paler than the body ; on the eighth segment a pair 

 of converging pale granulated tubercles. Anal legs very large and broad, with a 

 pair of long dorsal sharp fleshy tubercles ; supra-anal plate very large, conical and 

 acute, with four setae near the apex. Body of even width throughout, reddish- 

 brown, like a reddish willow twig, or sometimes greenish. The surface finely granu- 

 lated with light and black, and with flat rough warts, paler in color than the rest 

 of the body ; four on the front edge of each segment, and two dorsal ones behind. 

 It varies in color from reddish-brown to green, thus mimicking willow trees of dift'er- 

 ent colors. Length, 55™™. 



Pupa. — Large, full, stout ; dark brown. Cremaster large, stout, a projection on 

 each side in the middle, beyond rounded, sharp, the point ending in a slender fork. 

 Length, 24™™. 



Moth. — A large stout-bodied moth, with heavily pectinated antennae and rather 

 small wings. Fore-wings narrow, with the outer edge longer than usual ; pepper 

 and salt or ash sprinkled with black brown ; an indistinct, diffuse, inner, curved 

 line, with a second one nearer and diverging a little on the costa, being nearer 

 together at the base. A third diffuse line incloses the discal spot. An outer distinct 

 black hair-line always present. Hind wings with three dark lines. Abdomen with 

 two rows of obscure black spots. Expanse of wings, 60™™. 



41. Geometrid larva. 



This delicate caterpillar was observed both early and iate in August, 

 beginning to pupate August 30. 



Larva. -A very slender, long, smooth larva, with no humps or warts; the head 

 nearly as wide as the body, smooth, slightly bilobed, rounded. Body smooth, cylin- 

 drical, glaucous green, the hue of the under side of the red-maple leaf; with only ob- 

 scure whitish subdorsa 1 lines. Lateral ridge thin, distinct, irregular. Lengt i, 15™™ 



42. Hypena haltimoralis Guen. 

 Order Lepidoptera ; family Pyralid^. 



The larva of this species was common on the red maple at Bruns- 

 wick, Me., early in August. The body is very slender, and at first 

 sight it would be regarded as a geometrid. It is cylindrical, slender, 

 tapering considerably toward the long anal legs, which are out- 

 stretched. The segments are moderately convex, the sutures being 

 very distinct. The head is rather small, smooth, somewhat bilobed. 

 All the legs, both thoracic and abdominal, are of the same color as the 

 body, which is pale pea-green, of the color of the upper side of the leaf 

 of the red maple, but slightly paler. The sutures between the seg- 

 ments are often straw-yellowish. The body sometimes has a slight 

 purplish tint, the head remaining green. Length, 22'"™. 



August 5 one began to spin a cocoon, the pupa appearing the 7th. 

 It is dark chestnut-brown in color. The moth issued August 17. 



