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think of them I concluded to investigate them more fully. I had on a few 

 occasions found the larva of Rimosa, and succeeded in obtaining a . imago 

 from one of these, which was found on a species of Willow at North Branch, 

 Sullivan Co., N. Y. on June 22nd 187(5, it went under ground a few days there- 

 after and the moth emerged on August 22nd. As Mr. Lintner remarks, tin- 

 larva bears a very sphinx-like appearance and is remarkably transparent, 

 looking almost like porcelain. Knowing the larva of our species, I thought 

 that a comparison of it with the larvae of the European species would no 

 doubt throw some light on the subject. I have received beautifully colored 

 drawings of these, and have now no doubt that the three species are distinct. 

 The drawings, woodcuts of which I present herewith, were made from 

 prepared larvae and are said to be very accurate. The larvae of bothEurop- 

 ean species do not appear to be as slender as that of Rimosa. — 



The larva of Trent irta is as follows : 

 head yellow with a red oval line on 

 each side ; body green dorsally, be- 

 ijs=*- ^ neath salmon color, a yellow lateral 



stripe bordered above by salmon; 

 legs reddish ; last segment with an elevation and two black dots : shield sal- 

 mon colored. There is however no approach to a caudal horn, whereas the 

 larva- of Rimosa has a well developed horn at maturity. 



The larva of Dictaeoides is red- 

 dish brown with a wide lateral yel- 

 low stripe ; leg-s reddish brown ; 

 the elevation on last segment is very 

 slight, and a black dash on either 

 side divides the last Segment from the foregoing one. 



I regret very much that I cannot at present add the figure of the larva of 

 Rimosa, but hope to supply it at some future time. 

 I am not acquainted with Mr. Stretch's Notodonta Calif or nica. 



FRED. TEPPEK. 



Mr. J. F. Bancroft of Tyngsboro' Mass. recently while splitting 

 up a large white oak which was infested with a large colony of 

 black ants, collected about fifty specimens of Atemeles cavus, 

 Lee. In my own experience I have found this species only very 

 rarely, and I think most collectors have had no better success. 

 May not the larva be parasitic on the young ants as Mr Sprague 

 found Aleochara anthomyiae infesting larvae of the cabbage 

 fly ? See Am. Ent. and Botanist vol. 2. p. 302 and p. 370. 



Lowell, Mass. Mav 1st, 79. Frederick Blanchard. 



