488 FIFTH REPORT OP THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



rare on low white birch shrubs. I have found the egg and young larva 

 on the willow at Brunswick in July, but have not reared an individual 

 through all the stages from the first.* 

 The following notes are by Mrs. Anna K. Dimmock in Psyche, iv, p. 



282: 



Smerinthus exccecatus Abb. and Smith (Nat. Hist. Lepid. Iiis. Ga., 1797, v. 1, p. 49, 

 pi. 25). Harris (Amer. Journ. Sci. and Arts, July 1839, [s. i], v. 36, p. 290) gives a 

 brief description of larva and imago of this species, which he states to feed upon 

 apple and i?osa crt?'o?iH<f; Morris (Syn. Lepid. N. A., 1862, p. 209) gives Harris's de- 

 scription of the larva, with slight addition, and adds a description of the young larva 

 and of what he supposed to be the egg — really, however, the egg of Attacus polyphe- 

 711118. Harris (Treatise on Ins. Injur. Veg., 1862, p. 327-328) describes and figures the 

 imago. Lintner (Proc. Entoni. Soc. Phil., 1864, v. 3, p. 666) describes the larva 

 without knowing the species, and later (Entom. Contrib., No. 2, 1873, p. 23) he gives 

 its name, and states that the larva described by him (Proc. Entom, Soc. Phil., 1864, 

 V. 3, p. 665) as S. excwcatns was in reality S. geminatus, Sanborn (Can. Entom., Jan. 



slightly reddish ; mandibles black. Body of a uniform pale pea-green color, a little 

 more vivid than the under side of the birch leaves. The surface of the skin rough with 

 small conical papillae. Seven lateral stripes pale yellow, moderately broad, begin- 

 ning in front of each abdominal spiracle on front edge of the segment and extending 

 upon the back of the succeeding segment. The last yellowish stripe extends to 

 the base of the horn or eighth segment, which is moderately stout and long. Neither 

 the caudal horn nor yellowish lateral stripes are stained with lilac. The spiracles 

 are black, with a central white line. The forefeet are rose-red. The abdominal 

 legs concolorous with the body, which is of the same pale yellowish green above and 

 below ; the hooks are dark. Length 50™™. 



* Mr. William Beutenmiiller has published in Entomologica Americana, i, p. 196, the 

 following list of food-plants of S. exccecatus : 



Corylus americana, Walt (Wild Hazel- 



Leguminosce. 

 Wistaria sinensis, Dec. (ChineseWistaria.) 



EosacecB. 

 Prunus virginiana, L. (Choke-Cherry.) 



serotina, Ehr. (Wild Black 



Cherry.) 

 Spiraea opulifolia, L. (Nine Bark.) 

 Rubus odoratus, L. (Purple-Flowering 



Raspberry.) 

 Pyrus malus, Tourn. (Apple.) 



Urticaceau 

 Ulmus fulva, Michx. (Slippery or Red 

 Elm.) 

 americana, L. (American or Wild 



Elm.) 

 alata, Michx. (Whahoo or Winged 



Elm.) 

 suberosa, Mouch. 



Cupulifera;. 



Quercus palustris, DuRoi. (Swamp or Pin 

 Oak.) 

 coccinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) 



Nut.) 

 Ostrya virginica, Wild. (American Hop 



Hornbeam.) 

 Carpinus americana, Michx. (Hornbeam.) 



Betulaceoe. 

 Botula alba, L. (White Birch.) 

 Betula var. populifolia, Spach. 



Salicacece. 

 Salix cordata, Muhl. (Heart-leaved Wil- 

 low.) 

 lucida, Muhl. (Shining Willow.) 

 fragilis, L. (Brittle Willow.) 

 alba, L. (White Willow.) 

 babylonica, Tourn. (Weeping 

 Willow.) 

 Populus tremuloides, Michx. (American 

 Aspen.) 

 grandidentata, Michx. (Large- 

 toothed Aspen. ) 

 angulata. Ait. (Angled Cotton- 

 wood.) 

 monilifera, Ait. (Cottonwood, 

 Necklace Poplar.] 



