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basal broailest, 2iiil rather longest, 3rd brown, fusiform, constricted a little nearthetip, and directed 

 inwards; labium narrow, elongated, divided into 3 transverse pieces, the basal as long as the other 

 two combined, the 3rd or palpigerous piece short ami trapezoidal with a square, horny, brown plate 

 extending between the palpi; labial palpi 2-jointed, joints of about^qual length, the 2nd fusiform 

 and directed inwards. Lej/s, well developed only on joints 1 and 2, being long, with a stout thigh, 

 ft slightly curved shdnk, and a fine-pointed horny claw; rudimentary on joint 3, consisting of a sim- 

 ple horny process, projecting obliquely outwards under the second jjair of legs, and armed on the in- 

 side with 5 small blunt teetli (Fig. 02, e) . Stigmata 9 in number, the first in a line with the others, on 

 posterior portion of joint 1, the others on anterior portion of joints 4 — 11 inclusive. Average length 

 1.60 inches. 



Described from one living, and two alcoholic specimens. 



Madame Merian, in her work on the insects of Surinam, PI. .50, has figured what i)urports to be 

 the larva of Passalus intcrruptus with six legs, but as she has incorrectly figured, on the same pla/te, 

 what is apparently a Ijamellicorn larva for that of Buprestis gigantea, the probability is that her Pes 

 salus lirva is equallj' spurious. Chapuis & Candeze (Catalogue des Larves des Coleopteres, 1853) des- 

 cribe and figure that of P. distinctus which, as incurs, has but 4 well developed legs. In their de- 

 scription they allow but 2 joints to the antennie, and consider the joint which I have described as ba- 

 sal but a part of the head; in cor/nt<M« it is certainly well divided by sutures from the head. They 

 likewise consider the anal joints 9 and 10 as but one, but, though bearing no stigmata, they are as 

 thoroughly and distinctly segmented as are any other two joints of the body. I have not at hand the 

 description oi cornutm h\ Burmeister, to which they refer, but if he mentions more than nine pair 

 of stigmata, as they indicate, he errs. Mr. Walsh (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. , III, p. 5.59, note) speaks of 

 the rudimentary legs being ' ' decussated on the sternum. ' ' If the larva has the power of moving them, 

 they may possibly be found in such.a position but I have never seen them thus crossed. 



Pupa — (Fig. 62, b) Wtiite, with all the parts of the beetle distinctly traceable, the head bent al- 

 most at right angles from the thorax, the jaws, enclosing the labrum, projecting prominently nearly 

 in the same direction, and the fi'ont legs brought obliquely forward under them. The third pair of 

 legs fully developed. 



THE GREAT LEOPARD MOTH— Ecpantheria scribonia, Stoll. 



( Lepidoptera, Aretiadre. ) 



There is a large Family of moths, known as Arctians or Tiger-moths, 

 which is rendered conspicuous by the beauty of design and boldness of con- 

 trast in color which its members generally present. There are two whose 

 caterpillars are often seen, either rolled up cozil}^ under some plant or 

 crawling rapidly across a path, but which are not by any means generally 

 known in their more beautiful and perfect states. They were both more 

 than usually common the past year, and both have very similar habits. 

 They neither of them can be considered injurious; but a brief account of 

 their transformations, in this department of my Report, will doubtless 

 please and gratify many an inquisitive reader, who has wondered what 

 these " hedgo-hog " caterpillars produce. 



The species above-named is the largest, and perhaps the most beautiful 

 of the Family in ISTorth America. 



[Fig. 63.] Its larva (Fig. 63) may be called the Large 



Black Bear, as the hairy worms of our different 

 Arctians are popularly called bears, and the 

 Family name was derived from the Greek word 

 for " bear. " It is often observed in the fall of 

 the yeai', though few persons have ever seen the 

 ^ moth which it produces. This larva is black, 

 and so thickly covered with jet black spines as 

 almost to hide a series of roughened warts on 

 each joint, from which the spines spring. When 



