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ee eee. Diameter hardly more than a 
y thread. 
SEAS MN Man Srebitaoudted the Gret time on June 
7 fore second moult the larva becomes very dark, the lat- 
ee eee oe doremm of the front half 
brown. On the top side of the body, back of the 
fe ls dallons, longitudinal stripe. True feet and prolegs 
. Head small, not black. 
Aft second moult (June toth) the larva is nearly half an 
os: a dark, almost black band along the side with a 
ud middorsal and upper lateral yellow-brown or orange 
9¢ interrupted only at the hump, over the 3rd and 4th pro- 
by cro back patch Pro- and true legs straw color. 
rm 
t Sid atts (Tansitet) the larva ie about three- 
ers of an inch long, very light yellowish-brown with very 
lighter lines and deeper yellow-brown at seg- 
‘ment edges. The cross band over third pair of prolegs is red- 
brown and marks the dorsal hump. True and prolegs light 
_ brown. Head with black lateral dash to each side. 
oj after fourth moult (June 17th) the larva is light yellow- 
ish gray with orange tubercles and short bristles. Lateral 
tom of sete. Humped over and pair of prolegs and with 
larger twin tubercles over the next to the end segment, form- 
g a hump-like ridge. Head light with lateral black stripe 
eet Sromanenee. True and prolegs flesh color. 
Ler n one and one-cighth inches. 
SEiaa fully grown, about 16 weeks after fifth moult, the 
ise is over three inches long and marked much as above 
s i. In the breeding jars the larva usually spins among the 
wi leaves on the stems, not on the bottom of the jar as do 
r iendemiong The pupa is large and covered with a 
% h prunescence. 
AE Ga aikemars, I have kept a close watch fot 
la : of C. cara on a small willow tree in my back yard and 
» been rewarded by finding a number of fine caterpillars. 
Il “worms” were sometimes taken on the underside of dead 
