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these are subdivided under colours, green or yellow, brown or reddish, black or very 

 dark. Each of these divisions is again subdivided into the striped, the lined longi- 

 tudinally, and the plain. 



"The Loopers are divided into those with 10 legs (perfect loopers) and those with 

 12 legs (imperfect loopers) ; and these are subdivided in the same manner as the two 

 divisions of the Smooth-skinned. 



"The following Table exhibits these divisions, and an index of larvae kept in this 

 form enables us rapidly to sort our captures and to find whether we have copied them 

 or not, or if they have been described by others : — 



" Larvge of Lepidoptera. 



I. Hairy or splned. 



1. Thickly covered. 



A. Brown or reddish. 



B. Black or very dark. 



c. Yellow, green or gray. 



2. Moderately covered, or tufted. 



A. Brown or reddish. 



B. Black or very dark. 



c. Yellow, green or gray. 



II. Smooth-skinned. 



1. With caudal spike. 



A. Brown or reddish. 



a. Striped. 



b. Lined longitudinally. 



c. Plain. 



B. Black or very dark. 



a. Striped. 



b. Lined longitudinally. 



c. Plain. 



c. Yellow or green. 



a. Striped. 



b. Lined longitudinally. 



c. Plain. 



2. Without caudal spike. 



A. 



a. 

 b. 

 c. 



?• y As above. 



a. 

 b. 

 c. 



