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named beautiful Carib. It was fountl July 3rd, at Greenwood Lake, N. J., 

 in a little swampy meadow. It was found slt)\vly crawling on flowers 

 iyBerhcridt.B) which were scattered in profusion over the ground. 



In the face of the intense heat I made a complete examination of the 

 surioundings with the sweeping net and had the satisfaction of obtaining 

 8 perfect specimens all of which, in spite of the name purpurea, were of a 

 very bright green color. 



About 4 weeks later Mr. Beyer at the same place took without any 

 difficulty in search, a large number of this same beetle on Blackberry 

 bushes. 



The P^xcursion spoken of above and which lasted 3 days was, I am 

 glad to say, a very successful one, not only in the quantity of material 

 taken, but also in the numbers of specimens, especially Ceramhycidce, 

 BuprcsfidcP, Chrvsomeliihr and Curculiuiiid<.p. 



Among other things I took a specimen of Oypforynchus Lapaihi, 

 Linn., showing that this species is jirobably ahead)' quite widely dis- 

 tributed. 



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Description of Mature Larva of Gnophsela 



vermiculata, G. &■ R. 



By David Br ice. 



Body black, with a row of diamond shaped spots on back, forming 

 a yellow dorsal line ; a row of yellow V-shaped marks along the spiracles; 

 two small yellow dots on each segment just above spiracles ; twelve small 

 tufts of short white hairs on each segment, each springing from a blue 

 tubercle. Head clear amber brown ; underside of body clear yellow the 

 whole length ; feet black. Pupa, glossy black, with shield-shaped yellow- 

 spots ; black spiracle in center of each spot, short spring tufts on each 

 end of pupa. Cocoon, a single loose layer of white lacy web, appearing 

 as if delicately punctured. Imago emerged in 2 weeks. These larvit 

 were plentiful in the upper part of Platte Canon, Col., m July, feeding on 

 Mertensia Virginica. They are gregarious when young, but separate and 

 wander as they approach maturity ; when full grown the whole brood ap- 

 pears to make for the nearest large detached rock where they spin their 

 cocoons in the angles and crevices, generally in clusters, and often cover- 

 ing each others cocoons so thickly that many of the moths are not able 

 to make their way through but die crippled. The general appearance of 

 the larva reminds one of some of the Acronyctce. 



