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ORNIX GUTTEA. 



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of it is so cursory that it might 

 readily be overlooked. In the fifth 

 memoire of his second volume, at p. 

 233, after giving a history of the 

 ♦' larvae which are contented with 

 curving the leaves" of the apple 

 (*' a small larva of a clear green, 

 with several black spots on each 

 segment"), which is evidently Sima'e- 

 this Pariana ; he proceeds to notice 

 those larvse " which completely fold 

 the leaves" of the apple, and he 

 notices the peculiar " padding" 

 formed at the junction of the edge 

 of the leaf with the other surface ; 

 this he shows also on two of his 

 figures (pi. 17, figs. 3 and 4). He 

 describes the larva as being pale 

 yellow, and with six ventral prolegs, 

 which sufficiently shows it was the 

 larva of Ornix Gut tea he was then 

 noticing. He does not appear to 

 have been acquainted with the per- 

 fect insect. 



notice qu'il en donne est si courte, 

 qu'elle echappe facilement a I'atten- 

 tion du lecteur. Dans son cinquieme 

 memoire du second volume, p. 233, 

 apr^s avoir donne I'histoire des che- 

 nilles qui se contentent de courber 

 les feuilles du pommier (" une petite 

 chenille d'un vert clair, avec plusieurs 

 points noirs sur chaque segment"), 

 evidemment la chenille de la Simae- 

 this Par\ana,\\ mentionne les chenilles 

 "qui achevent de plus les feuilles" 

 du pommier, " et il parle du bourlet" 

 singulier, forme o\i le bord de la 

 feuille rencontre la surface inferieure ; 

 de plus il represente cela par deux 

 figures (pi. 17, figs. 3, 4). II decrit 

 la chenille comme etant d'un jaune 

 pale et avec six fausses-pattes ven- 

 trales, ce qui prouve que c'est bien 

 reellement la chenille de r0/7?;j; 

 Guttea, qu'il a eue devant lui. II ne 

 parait pas cependant avoir connu le 

 papillon. 



