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plum, and part oak, while the first boxful had sassa- 

 fras. 



In seven days they molted, coming out whiter and 

 fluffier than before, with a dorsal line of black dashes, 

 and a dark pencil on the eleventh segment. Some 

 had grayish hairs projecting over the head. 



The second molt came three days later, and the 

 bodies were quite green, the feet and props being con- 

 spicuously white. The hair was white and dense, and 

 the second, third, and eleventh segments had each one 

 dark, long pencil on the dorsum, resembling those of 

 Ajjatela. 



Five days later they molted again. They were an 

 inch long. One became very yellow-white, and its 

 pencils were tan-colored, with black tips. From eacli 

 black dorsal dash rose a short black pencil. There was 

 a subventral line of black dots, and a lateral line of 

 black arrow-head spots. The white caterpillars had 

 three long gray pencils as before, and gained the dorsal 

 short black pencils and the subventral and lateral 

 lines of spots. One crawler came out Maltese gray 

 with black pencils. 



In four days they molted again, the venter being 

 now black and the props black with white tips. The 

 black marks on the body were more distinct, and in- 

 stead of the arrow-head on the first two segments was 

 a black dash extending upward nearly to the dorsal 

 line. In all the molts the caterpillars ate the cast skins 

 entirely, except the masks. The yellow one came out 

 with the body black, the hairs Maltese gray, lighter 

 over the head, the pencils darker gray with almost 

 black tips, and the legs and props black with light 



