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Euchaetes egle. 



Mature larva. Body, legs, and head black, the body covered with long 

 tufts of hair; the hairs on the anterior and posterior segments are black, 

 and the anterior tufts are longer than those on the central segments. Two 

 lateral white tufts or pencils from the breathing Iioles of the third se"-ment, 

 and two shorter ones from the dorsal part. Tlie dorsal tufts of the central 

 segments are ochre yellow. A double row of short lateral tufts runs the 

 whole length of the body, in the vicinity of the breathing holes; the upper 

 row black, the lower a dirty grey. On the tenth segment these tufts are 

 rather longer and are white. Length 20 mm.; appearance stout. 



The description of the larva of E. collarw, furnished by Mr. G. H. Van 

 Wagenen to the Canadian Entomologist, shows what little ground ever ex- 

 isted for classing E. collaris as a variety of E. egle. The larvae are so unlike 

 in appearance and habits as to suggest a generic difference. 



{W. V. Andrews, March 1878.) 

 Parasa chloris. 



A beautiful larva, but difficult to describe. The description in Stretch's 

 admirable work, Zygaenidae and Bombycidae of N. A., is lamentably 

 defective. 



Mature. Onisciform, 19 mm. long. Head purplish brown. Four pur- 

 ple and three white lines drawn very close together, form a dorsal band 

 running the length of the body. Subdorsal line bright red, from which 

 arise six red spines (longest on central segments) studded with yellowish 

 red spinelets; between the spines and on the fifth, sixth, eiglith and ninth 

 segments, are reddish spiny warts. The spines and warts are on elevated 

 ridges. Beneath the sub-dorsal line are two pairs of pui-ple, longitudinal 

 lines on a yellowish ground; the pairs divided by a red line. The breathers 

 are on a similar red line, and are guarded or ornamented by spiny warts; 

 like those mentioned above. Legs of a sort of yellowish olive color; 

 pro-legs, or rather tubercles, and underside of body of a reddish tinge. 

 Varies considerably ; one very beautiful variety has all the red of the typi- 

 cal larva replaced by brimstone yellow. Feeds on tlie oak (Quercus), on 

 the pear tree (Pyrus), on wild cherry (Prunus), and on the wax myrtle 

 (Myrica cerifera), in September. Pupa brown, of a parchnienty con- 

 sistence, naked, egg-shaped. I have reared hundreds of this beautiful 

 species, and in confinement it always forms its cocoon either adherent to 

 the stem of the food plants, or, occasionally, draws two leaves together for 

 a shelter. LiiHcations are that in nature the cocoon is formed among loose 

 rubbish on the ground. (W. V. Andrews, March 1S7 8.) 



Jjimacodus cippus. 



In vol. 7 of Jardine's Naluralisl'' s Library, ]). 177, is a description of 

 " Limacodes cippus, Cram." There are figures of both moth and caterpillar 

 on p. 21, fig. 2. This is saiil to be a North American insect, and also to 

 be found in Surinam. 



