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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  TUE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  transversely 
  arranged, 
  and 
  each 
  about 
  0.03 
  inch 
  long. 
  Back, 
  speckled 
  and 
  mot- 
  

   tled 
  with 
  olive 
  of 
  different 
  shades 
  above 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  spiracles, 
  except 
  joints 
  2 
  

   and 
  8, 
  and 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  7 
  and 
  9, 
  but 
  wilh 
  a 
  continuous 
  pure 
  white 
  line 
  above 
  

   the 
  spiracles, 
  beneath 
  which 
  white 
  line, 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  to 
  tenth 
  joints, 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  

   olive 
  patch, 
  extending 
  on 
  joints 
  6-9 
  to 
  the 
  external 
  tip 
  of 
  theprolegs. 
  A 
  pair 
  

   of 
  black, 
  transversely 
  arranged 
  dorsal 
  dots 
  in 
  the 
  suture 
  behind 
  joint 
  2, 
  and 
  a 
  

   less 
  obvious 
  lateral 
  one 
  above 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  fourth 
  pair 
  of 
  prolegs, 
  surmount- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  lateral 
  white 
  line. 
  Joints 
  3-7 
  and 
  9-11 
  with 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  shining, 
  ele- 
  

   vated, 
  blue 
  dots. 
  On 
  joint 
  2, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  prickly, 
  cylindrical, 
  black 
  horns, 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  arranged, 
  and 
  0.16 
  inch 
  long. 
  On 
  joints 
  3, 
  10, 
  and 
  11, 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  large, 
  

   dorsal 
  tubercles, 
  transversely 
  arranged, 
  each 
  crowned 
  by 
  a 
  little 
  bunch 
  of 
  8-12 
  

   robust 
  prickles. 
  On 
  joint 
  5 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  similar 
  tubercles, 
  but 
  still 
  larger, 
  of 
  a 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  color, 
  and 
  mamma-like. 
  On 
  joints 
  4, 
  6, 
  7, 
  and 
  9, 
  tubercles 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  

   on 
  joints 
  3, 
  10, 
  and 
  11, 
  but 
  smaller. 
  On 
  joint 
  12, 
  four 
  black, 
  prickly, 
  dorsal 
  

   horns, 
  quadrangularly 
  arranged, 
  and 
  each 
  about 
  0.03 
  inch 
  long. 
  Spiracles 
  and 
  

   legs 
  blackish." 
  — 
  American 
  Entomologist, 
  18G9, 
  vol. 
  I, 
  p. 
  193. 
  

  

  CkrysaJis. 
  Russety, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  varied 
  with 
  white, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  thin, 
  prominent 
  projection 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  occurs 
  sparingly 
  in 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  and 
  in 
  Oregon. 
  I 
  saw 
  it 
  

   flying 
  at 
  the 
  Dalles 
  in 
  July, 
  and 
  found 
  a 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  John- 
  

   ston, 
  of 
  Portland 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  earlier 
  stages 
  may 
  be 
  sought 
  for 
  in 
  those 
  districts. 
  

  

  Limenilis 
  Lcrquini. 
  Bois. 
  

  

  Larva. 
  General 
  color, 
  olivaceous, 
  shading 
  abruptly 
  into 
  stone-drab 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  region. 
  Head, 
  deeply 
  furrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  dark 
  fawn-color, 
  

   covered 
  wilh 
  small 
  warts, 
  with 
  two 
  protuberances 
  on 
  cvown, 
  very 
  rough, 
  the 
  

   apex 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  warts 
  paler 
  than 
  their 
  base. 
  Second 
  segment, 
  whitish, 
  with 
  olive 
  

   tint, 
  with 
  three 
  irregular 
  longitudinal 
  blotches 
  of 
  black, 
  not 
  extending 
  into 
  either 
  

   of 
  adjoining 
  segments 
  ; 
  stigmata 
  of 
  this 
  segment 
  large, 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  center. 
  

   Third 
  segment, 
  pale 
  olivaceous, 
  swollen 
  into 
  two 
  lumps, 
  from 
  which 
  proceed 
  two 
  

   horns, 
  very 
  rough 
  and 
  warty, 
  brown 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  in 
  shape 
  very 
  like 
  small 
  branches 
  

   of 
  coral. 
  Fourth 
  segment, 
  greenish 
  white, 
  blotched 
  with 
  olivaceous, 
  with 
  two 
  

   small 
  black 
  Fpots 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  center. 
  This 
  segment 
  is 
  produced 
  into 
  two 
  

   swollen 
  lumps, 
  crowned 
  with 
  a 
  stellar 
  tubercle. 
  The 
  stigmata 
  of 
  three 
  and 
  four 
  

   are 
  whitish. 
  Fifth 
  segment, 
  olivaceous, 
  with 
  darker 
  patches, 
  wrinkled 
  trans- 
  

   versely, 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  minute 
  metallic 
  blue 
  dots, 
  scattered 
  irregularly. 
  Sixth 
  

   segment, 
  whitish 
  olivaceous, 
  swollen 
  into 
  two 
  mammiform 
  protuberances, 
  with 
  

   stellar 
  tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  apex, 
  a 
  greenish 
  dorsal 
  line, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  metallic, 
  bluish 
  

   spots, 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  disc. 
  Seventh 
  segment, 
  olivaceous, 
  striped 
  longitudi- 
  

   nally 
  with 
  paler 
  shades, 
  bituberculated, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  metallic 
  blue 
  dots. 
  

   Eighth 
  segment, 
  whitish, 
  the 
  olivaceous 
  patch 
  here 
  only 
  visible 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  sides, 
  with 
  a 
  small, 
  darker 
  blotch, 
  dorsally 
  edged 
  wilh 
  two 
  faint, 
  

   dark 
  lines. 
  Ninth 
  segment, 
  whitish, 
  with 
  green 
  tinge, 
  a 
  dark 
  blotch 
  at 
  base, 
  

   and 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  faint, 
  blackish 
  dashes. 
  The 
  olive 
  lateral 
  patch 
  is 
  wanting. 
  

  

  