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some of the children used to call " the broad-shoul- 

 dered caterpillai's," and other children " the big-sleeved 

 caterpillars." In this stage, however, the tumidity 

 was barely indicated, not really noticeable. The cater- 

 pillars ate their skins, except the horns and masks. 



The second molt followed in three days for the first 

 brood, in four days for the second. This time the head 

 had faint yellow face-lines, and all setie disappeared. 

 The body was bright green with paler dorsal areas, 

 and the first brood had a red spot on the dorsal line of 

 each abdominal segment. The second brood lacked 

 these spots. Both had pink caudal horns and notice- 

 able tumidity of the third and fourth segments. 



The first brood molted again in four days, the sec- 

 ond in three, and this time the crawlers were a little 

 over an inch long, and had head, props, and body 

 bright green granulated with yellow. The head had 

 two yellow face-lines, and a lateral yellow line on each 

 edge. The subdorsal line was yellow, and each ab- 

 dominal segment had a dorsal red spot set in a yellow 

 patch. There were seven oblique lines of yellow gran- 

 ules set close together, and a faint sublateral yellow 

 line on the first three segments. The spiracles were 

 bright red, with a yellow dot at each end. The anal 

 plate was edged with yellow. The horn was reddish. 

 The swelling of the third and fourth segments was 

 much increased. 



The second brood molted for the fourth time three 

 days later, but the first brood fed for six days before 

 molting again. This time they were over an inch and 

 a quarter in length, bright yellow-green on the dor- 

 sum, blue-green below, and the granulation had 



