WILLOW CATERPILLARS. 571 



28. Catocala carissi7Ha Hnlst. 



The larva of this moth has been described by Mr. A. Koebele in the 

 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society (iv, 22). 



The larva is considerably smaller than that of ilia when full grown^ 

 though the imago is one of the largest, if not the largest, of all Cato- 

 calse. It feeds on the willow. 



Larva. — Head gray brown. Protuberance on summits of eyes prominent. Body^ 

 ground colorgray, very heavily marked and striated with rust-brown, which toward* 

 the head almost covers the body. There is a brown lunule on the eleventh segment 

 with horns forward. Underneath clear red brown between third and sixth segments. 

 The sixth and seventh segments between and anterior to the legs have each a large 

 nearly round spot. (Koebele.) 



29. Noctuid larva. 



This brightly painted caterpillar occurred on the willow in Maine 

 the first and second weeks in September. 



Larva, — Head broad and large, wider than the body, which is smooth and of the 

 usual Noctuid shape, the end being smooth and tapering. Head pale carueous, with 

 four longitudinal reddish bands, the two middle ones diverging from each other in 

 front. Body rich dark brown, with a broad subdorsal bright yellow band ; a nar- 

 rower yellow spiracular line, and between it and the subdorsal band a narrow linear 

 whitish line ; the spiracular line is edged below with pale lilac. Body beneath and 

 legs pale whitish flesh-colored. Length, 12™™. 



30. Noctuid larva. 



This caterpillar occurred on the willow at Brunswick, Me., late in 

 August and through September. 



Larva. — Body thick and fleshy, rather short, otherwise of the usual Noctuid shape. 

 Head large and full, nearly as broad as the body, pale reddish brown, mottled and 

 watered with a paler hue. General color of bodj^ snuff-yellow ; a dorsal row of eleven 

 dark brown diffuse spots; a subdorsal row of short oblique marks, extending ante- 

 riorly down the sutures. Spiracles ringed with black. Supra-anal plate and anal 

 legs above, brown. All the feet flesh-colored. Length, 22 to 25"'™. 



31. Cymaiophora pampinaria Guen^e. 



The caterpillar has been found feeding on the willow by Professor 

 French, who observed that in Illinois it pupated September 16 and 

 October 2, the moth appearing April 17. From a specimen raised by 

 Mr. L. W. Goodell, which, after spinning a few threads on itself, 

 pupated, the moth appeared in confinement JSTovember 14. It feeds 

 on the pear, willow, and cultivated geraniums. 



Larva. — Pale yellowish-green (sometimes gray or brown), with a broad reddish- 

 brown stripe, edged with black on the back, and on each side of the fifth segment 

 is a small black spot. Length, 1 inch. 



Pupa. — Light brown. Length, .50 inch. 



Moth. — This is now our most common species of the genus, and may be known by 

 the very distinct line at the base of the abdomen, the basal ring beyond being unusu- 

 ally white, and by the under side of the wings having a broad marginal shade, while 



