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7th and 8th abdominal segments, there is frequently a large 

 reddish area. Furthermore, this caterpillar has on the 2d tho- 

 racic segment, just behind the head, a pair of long, black spines, 

 and on the posterior extremity shorter, stout spines on the loth 

 and nth segments. These spines are represented on the inter- 

 vening segments by minute, black points arising from similar 

 tubercles. There are also two lateral rows of short spines 

 similar to the smaller ones in the submedian dorsal lines ; the 

 ventral spines being decidedly larger. Spiracles rather large, 

 black. 



The eggs, according to Professor Riley, are deposited in 



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Fig. I Green striped maple worm, larva feeding, pupa, natural size. (Original) 



batches of 30 and upward on the under side of a leaf. The indi- 

 vidual egg is 1/20 of an inch long, nearly oval, somewhat flat- 

 tened and a translucent pale greenish, becoming yellowish with 

 age and eventually showing the black head of the larva just 

 before hatching. 



Food plants. This species feeds by preference on maples and 

 in the Western States at least, exhibits a marked partiality for 

 the soft maple, though our recent experience in New York shows 

 it can thrive on the hard or sugar maple. Dr Lintner states 

 that this species will feed on oak in captivity, while Dr Smith 

 states that it rarely feeds on oak in nature. The attack at 

 Berlin was confined almost entirely to sugar maples, though a 



