HEMARIS DIFFINLS 



SUBFAMILY. MACROGLOSSt'N/B (" long tODgueS "). 



GENUS, hema'ris (" bloody-nose "). 



SPECIES, diffi'nis ("unlike"). 



Our first sight of this species was when a box of the 

 young caterpillars arrived by mail from Missouri, 

 with a few bare twigs which we could not identify. 

 Fortunately, the name of the crawlers was on the box, 

 and One of Us promptly ran out to a bush of Lonicera 

 tartarica, Tatarian honeysuckle, and brought in small 

 sprays of leaves, which the hungry caterpillars began 

 eating with every appearance of satisfaction. Other 

 twigs were put in water to be ready when the leaves 

 were gone from these, and then we sat down to ex- 

 amine our new treasures comfortably. 



They were a little over half an inch long, pale green 

 on the dorsum, or back, darker green on the sides, 

 and thickly sprinkled with white granules. Each had 

 three longitudinal brown stripes on the venter, or 

 under side, and the legs and props were almost white, 

 barred with dark brown. On the first segment and 

 projecting over the head was a transverse double row 

 of yellow granules larger than those of the body. On 

 the eleventh segment was a caudal horn, long, slender, 

 granulated, bright yellow at the base and blue-black 



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