456 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



the stigmata. Aual shield rusty and rough ; stigmata black, encircled with yellow; 

 abdominal feet black, the rest pale yellowish. Another specimen differs in color, 

 being pale lavender, with a slightly darker dorsal line. Under parts between the 



Fig. 166. — Pheosia rimosa. 



legs and a faint substigmatal greenish yellow line. Another slightly smaller was of 

 a bright pea-green color, with a bright yellow stigmatal stripe, in other respects like 

 the former. Length, 1.50 to 1.75 inch. 



Pupa. — Dark brown. Head-case smooth, deeply incised between the abdominal 

 segments. Aual segment large and smooth, ending in two short points. 



Moth. — Wings rounded and somewhat produced towards the apex ; of a deli- 

 cate frosty white and brown. Along the ends of the subcostal venules of the fore- 

 wings are long streaks of brown ; in the apical and subapical spaces are two long, 

 longitudinal, broad streaks, oblique and parallel to the costa, which terminate just 

 before the apex ; middle of the wing white. A long, broad line extends from the 

 base to just above the iuuer angle on the outer margin, lined below with white, and 

 deflected upwards along the outer edge. Tuft cinereous. Beneath cinereous, costa 

 darker. The female darker than the male. Hind wings white, the region of the 

 internal angle and tuft dark brown. Legs and abdomen cinereous. Thorax and 

 head cinereous ; the tuft on the patagia or shoulder tippets tipped with dark brown. 

 Fringe interlined at base with white. Expanse of wings, 2 inches. 



27. Noiodonta stragula Grote. 

 (Larva, PL V; tig. 1.) 



The caterpillar of this moth has been reared by Mr. Tepper in New 

 York. It was found on the poplar July 4; the moth appearing July 27. 

 (Bull. Eut. Soc. Brooklyn, i, 10). Messrs. Edwards and Elliott have 

 found the food-plant to be the willow. (See under Willow Insects ) 



Larva. — Head slate color, mottled with black, and with a pale stripe on each side. 

 Mouth parts with a greenish tinge. Body pale lilac, with the exception of the elev- 

 enth and twelfth segments, which are dull golden. The seventh and eighth seg- 

 ments have raised prominences, which are also golden, that of the seventh being the 

 largest. Laterally there are some pale oblique streaks somewhat similar to those of 

 many Sphingidse ; these do not meet on the back, where there is a faint slate-colored 

 line. Between the second and sixth segments, and common to all of these, is a 

 darker dorsal shade which re-appears on the eleventh and twelfth segments. The 

 spiracles are white, with a black ring, aud the lower lateral line is paler than the 

 rest of the body. The twelfth segment bears a hump, and the sides of the eleventh, 

 twelfth and thirteenth segments are pale brown, mottled with orange. Abdominal 

 legs dull slate-color, mottled with black ; thoracic legs black. Length 55""". (H. Ed- 

 wards and Elliott, Papilio, iii, 129.) 



Moth. — Anterior wings slaty-gray, shaded with pale buff along internal margin, 

 with a chestnut-brown basal patch and some brown streaks and spots in tlie terminal 

 space; internal margin crested. Extreme base of the wing brownish; basal line dis- 

 tinct; subbasal space large, grayish at costa, rich chestnut brown below the median 

 vein, pale bufl" along the internal margin, which latter shade extends from base to in- 

 ternal angle. A very dark brown streak extends from the basal line to the trans- 



