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on top, rounded beneath ; color emerald green ; in many, golden 

 green, translucent. Commenced hatching June 6th after 7 

 P. M. Freshly- hatched larvae }i inch long, caudal horn fully 

 I -16 inch. Color pale yellovi^ish white, no markings of any 

 kind, sparingly clothed with tufts of hair, about two hairs to a 

 tuft, radiating from small tubercles. Caudal horn black, nearly 

 erect, with a slight backward curve at tip ; jaws faint brown ; 

 all legs colored like body. Stigmata evident under pocket 

 lens, but uncolored ; ventral surface concolorous with sides. 



ist moult. — Evening of June 9th ; color a clear pea green, 

 more glaucus above. Under surface pale purplish brown. 

 First segment with a collar of raised yellow tubercles behind 

 head dorsally. Stigmata dark purplish brown ; caudal horn 

 black. Depth and extent of ventral dark color, very vari- 

 able. About 3-10 inches long, caudal horn 1-15 inch ; two 

 black spots on face and jaws ; true legs black ; head yellow 

 green, body smooth. 



2nd moult. — June 13th, 7 A. M. Length 9-20 inch ; by 4 

 P. M. length increased to 11-20. A central dorsal line; half 

 way between this and stigmata on each side a lateral longitu- 

 dinal line, the two latter lines separating the glaucus dorsal 

 region from the yellow-green lateral and lower parts. Purple 

 brown of under parts deep and sharply separated from green of 

 sides, not extending above prolegs. Stigmata black, faintly 

 outlined with glaucus ; yellow punctuated collar behind head 

 very prominent. Head yellow-green, finely punctuated, as 

 are also first three segments. Caudal horn yellow at base on 

 sides, rest black, spiny ; occasionally recurved forward, usually 

 .straight and pointing acutely to rear. 



3d moult. — June i6th, morning. Length I inch. Caudal 

 horn /o inch. Colors much as before, more decided. Dorsal 

 and lateral lines more pronounced, the latter, as before, sepa- 

 rating the light glaucus dorsum from the yellow-green sides ; 

 whole body granulated with whitish-green punctulations ; cau- 

 dal horn recurved at tip. Ju.st before 4th moult 1 1 inches long ; 

 glaucus of back more restricted and yellow-green of sides ex- 

 tending up higher, the two sharply separated on each side by a 

 lateral dark blue line bordered Ijelow by light yellow, coming 



