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Hind wings white, with a distinct discal dot, and a series of marginal intervenular 

 dots. Abdomen ashy, not ringed with white as in multiaci ijita. Expanse of wings, 

 34mm 



19. Cerura multiscripia Riley. 



The eggs are said by Professor Eiley to be hemispherical and pale 

 yellowish green, while those of C. borealis differ in being jet-black. 

 The caterpillar is closely similar to that of C. borealis. (Riley.) 



Mr. F. Tepper found the larva of this fine 



<-*'^^'' moth on the willow July 30; a male imago 



'^t^f>i^^^^ emerged August 30 and a female September 



»Vi^xi^..'- 30^ (Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, i, p. 4.) No 



■ N7 description of the larva was published. 



Moth. — Without the broad median baud of C. 



borealis, occideiitalis, and alhicoma. Forewings 

 Fig. m.-Cerura multiscripta. After crossed by eight usually well-defined lines ; tlie 

 Riley. third and fourth lines so meet as to form five more 



or less complete ringlets; all the lines are scalloped, 

 the outer three being nearly parallel. There is a large well-marked discal ringlet. 

 Hind wings of the females dusky, those of the male white ; in both sexes the black 

 spots on the edge of the hind wings are distinct ; in this respect the species differs 

 from Walker's scitiscripta, of which I have two specimens from Florida. It is not 

 improbable, however, that the two species will be eventually united. Expanse of 

 wings, 27 to 32""" (1-li inches). 



20. Cerura-Uke larva. 



Late in August this caterpillar was found on the willow at Bruns- 

 wick, Me. 



Larva.— Body somewhat flattened inTront ; head very large and broad, flattened in 

 front and wider than the body ; prothoracic segment very wide, with two fronto- 

 lateral spines, bearing thick short spinules. The body ends in two long filaments, 

 broadly ringed with brown ; they are as long as the body behind the head, and 

 spinulated. Two supra-anal tubercles ending in hairs. A short, broad trapezoid 

 of four rounded tubercles. Body yellowish green ; head, prothoracic segment above, 

 and seven abdominal segments reddish brown. 



21. Apatela felina Grote. 



Prof. G. H. French has bred this moth from the willow, the eggs 

 having been sent him by Mr. McGlashan, of Truckee, Cal. They were 

 deposited July G, the larvae emerging six days later. From the egg to 

 the moth required two hundred and ninety-six days. The cocoon was 

 thin, firm, and tough. 



Yonng larva. — Length .10 inch. Body cylindrical: head broader than the body, 

 oblique. Color of the upper parts and sides of segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 13, 

 reddish purple; the rest of the upper part, and sides and the venter dull whitish ; 

 six rows of tubercles from which proceed small clusters of brown hairs, the lour 

 rowsof dorsal clusters longer than the body; head black; feet purplish. Duration 

 of this period four days. 



