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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  lead 
  came 
  up 
  twice 
  in 
  a 
  battered 
  state, 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  had 
  struck 
  

   rock. 
  The 
  total 
  distances 
  along 
  the 
  route 
  are 
  : 
  From 
  Honolulu 
  to 
  

   San 
  Diego, 
  2,240 
  miles 
  ; 
  from 
  Honolulu 
  to 
  Peel 
  Island, 
  3,273 
  ; 
  

   and 
  from 
  Peel 
  Island 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Japan, 
  480 
  miles 
  ; 
  being 
  5,993 
  

   nautical 
  miles, 
  or 
  6,950 
  statute 
  miles. 
  This 
  does 
  not 
  allow 
  for 
  any 
  

   slacks 
  in 
  laying 
  the 
  cable. 
  

  

  Pacific 
  Coast 
  Lepidoptera, 
  No. 
  6.— 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Earlier 
  Stages 
  of 
  

   Cteuucha 
  Multifaria, 
  Boisduval. 
  

  

  BY 
  HENRY 
  EDWARDS. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Blake, 
  of 
  this 
  Academy, 
  I 
  have 
  an 
  opportunity 
  

   to 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  earlier 
  stages 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  rarer 
  day- 
  flying 
  moths, 
  

   {Ctenucka 
  muUifaria) 
  the 
  transformations 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  previously 
  quite 
  un- 
  

   known. 
  Dr. 
  Blake 
  captured 
  a 
  female 
  recently 
  at 
  Crystal 
  Springs, 
  San 
  Mateo 
  

   County, 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  depositing 
  her 
  eggs 
  upon 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  snow 
  berry 
  

   [Sympiioricarpus 
  racemosus. 
  Michx). 
  The 
  caterpillar 
  may 
  therefore 
  hereafter 
  

   be 
  sought 
  for 
  upon 
  that 
  plant. 
  

  

  Egg. 
  Spherical 
  above, 
  much 
  flattened 
  at 
  base, 
  dull 
  cream 
  white, 
  slightly 
  

   glossy. 
  Attached 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  leaf, 
  and 
  deposited 
  separately, 
  

   in 
  this 
  respect 
  differing 
  from 
  the 
  species 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  as 
  

   Ctenucha 
  virginica, 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  small 
  clusters, 
  adher- 
  

   ing 
  compactly 
  together. 
  The 
  young 
  caterpillars 
  emerged 
  from 
  the 
  Qgg 
  in 
  

   about 
  twelve 
  days, 
  and 
  presented 
  the 
  following 
  appearance 
  : 
  

  

  Head, 
  rather 
  large, 
  pale 
  chestnut 
  brown. 
  Body, 
  dull 
  cream 
  white, 
  with 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  concolorous 
  hairs, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  extremities 
  being 
  the 
  largest. 
  Along 
  

   the 
  head 
  in 
  front 
  is 
  a 
  faint, 
  slightly 
  waved 
  black 
  line. 
  Each 
  segment 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  black 
  dots, 
  about 
  four 
  to 
  each 
  segment, 
  becoming 
  fainter 
  

   towards 
  the 
  posterior 
  extremity. 
  

  

  Though 
  supplied 
  constantly 
  with 
  fresh 
  food, 
  and 
  watched 
  with 
  every 
  care, 
  I 
  

   regret 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  my 
  young 
  larva 
  all 
  died 
  within 
  a 
  week, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  mature 
  

   caterpillar 
  of 
  this 
  interesting 
  insect 
  still 
  remains 
  unknown 
  ; 
  but 
  during 
  a 
  recent 
  

   visit 
  to 
  Monterey, 
  I 
  found 
  adhering 
  to 
  the 
  trunk 
  of 
  a 
  pine 
  tree 
  a 
  singularly 
  

   formed 
  cocoon, 
  so 
  remarkable 
  in 
  its 
  construction 
  as 
  to 
  cause 
  me 
  to 
  watch 
  for 
  the 
  

   emergence 
  of 
  the 
  perfect 
  insect 
  with 
  considerable 
  interest. 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  satisfac- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  of 
  discovering 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  present 
  species, 
  and 
  have 
  

   pleasure 
  in 
  appending 
  the 
  following 
  description 
  : 
  

  

  Chrysalis. 
  Tubular, 
  slightly 
  thickened 
  about 
  the 
  anterior 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   thorax. 
  Shining, 
  pitchy, 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  thorax, 
  some 
  streaks 
  on 
  the 
  

   wing 
  cases, 
  the 
  antennae, 
  mouth 
  parts, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  abdominal 
  segment, 
  

   bright 
  chestnut 
  color. 
  A 
  few 
  very 
  short 
  hairs 
  are 
  scattered 
  about 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Length, 
  0.7.0 
  inch. 
  

  

  