ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



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[We copy the above iiitorestiiig: observations 

 from the Canadian ErttomuhKjist, as an addition 

 to the article pnblished in tlie first niuiiber of 

 our im'sent volume. The JIalf-win<;ed Tiufi 

 spoken of on pajj'e 2iil, which sosavajiely attacks 

 the Saw-tiy larva', has never yet heiMi described. 

 We paid Mr. !^aunders a vi>it. at the time these 

 Bui>'s were in the larva state, and have since 

 received two specimens of the perfect insect. 

 From these, we are enabled to llubli^h (he fol- 

 h>\vin<i' description tlu'ouj;h the kindness of Mr. 

 P. li. Uhler, of Baltimore, who has sent us an 

 advaueo copy from a pajjcr [v\ 



which is now jioin<i' tliroui;li 

 I lie i)i-ess of the Smithsonian 

 Institution at Washinjiton. 

 Our Figure 12-i, a giving' a 

 maiinitied view, and 6 show- 

 ing the natural .size, will en- 

 able the iiractical reader to 

 recMijiiiize this friend, and if 

 he should ever notice it upon 

 his worm-infested currant oi' 

 froo8eberry bushes, let him 

 •aretully ])ick it off teiui)o- 

 rarily, and after the leaf-eatinj; worms have been 

 subjected to a shower of hellebore-water, or a 

 hlast of the dry and powdered article, let him 

 tenderly replace it upon the biLsh, that it may 

 slay the last (me, of the injuriou.s army, whicii 

 may have escaped the aveujiing storm. — Ed.] 



PODISUS Pl.Acinis, l^liler — Ovati", Inteils. Hi-iid Inin- 

 cilti-d ill fruut, till' l:iliral )ii;ir;;iii~ ^liahllv siiuLitc-, lihick, 

 rccui-vi'di eiKii .sidr ul' t\lus u 'hlMckisli, Di'ljiinvn, strc'k; a 

 .similai- sireuk luns lr<.iii buliiiicl tinh .■! ilu- nci-lli iin.l curv. s 

 towarih Wk ryi'S, ami scunetiiin-s oualpsces willi ilKit 

 im tlie tylua; tlip siu'l'ace ooar.fiily, rcmotrly inini-liind; 

 or.elliri'U; tyliis .''moutli and cylinUiical to near iliitiji, Ihe 

 tip deiiressed. Ant<'nn;v yellnw, tin^'i-d Willi iiit'..iis, fhi> 

 mi. Idle, almost to each end, ol' idl ilie joints inriisciiied 



above; liasal joint not reachinjc the li|i i>f llieheiiil: s nd 



joint sniieiiiiai to the tliird and romlli nnited; remiiinint' 

 joints muesli stoutu- llnin the s.eniid; tonrth iind lilfli miIj- 

 e(|Ual. KiistluiD l-iaidlint; to tlie veider; the Imsal iiiint 

 shorter thaci the head. I'l-oMoluni -\\nr\ , Ilu- smhii-.- ;i,ite- 

 riin-lv rugose, coarsely, in iiatidus a.K\^'ref.'a(ely , |.nneliire.| 



with liurjile; the po.-l'i rior dni-ini 

 With i.urple; eaeh sidi- of i;ill>i-i 1 1. ^ . 

 Iinesiun..tli, M-1I..H : luila. i.il ,; 

 lateral niart'ln,, siiiMnih, \, 11.. 

 rated. I'ndev.-i.l.- an.l ki's \. 11 



ili','lil'',.-k',f 



■• 1 .U id...'.. 



SlllV 



• 1 : ml 

 dnnt 

 .-l.-h 

 lall'li 



dot.s extend.. liMoi l.ilund 111.- .-x, , l-- 

 .seginenl; li|is or lihiae. and l:i|->i, in. 

 sliaiised Uilh nil. Ills. Sent. -limn .1 

 mid.lh- liiu- an.l 111, reiii,t.-h ihuh- 

 vellow; 111.- l.iise with a \\-\\ lian- .I..I 

 e.losel\ 1 nn.-lni-e.l. U.-liielvlia |.iir|.l 



IM- i.eliultini: 

 iv.ir less inl 



;;;';:;!;-,:- 



., the siirlace 

 -h, cl.'selv. 1 

 |.rin.-ipal s 

 1 III milllln- 



la, Washing 



i|-'|ile' 

 .lislii 



low; nieiulir..iie embr..wiieil I,.-ii-l 

 lireadth .5f millims lnli-lhi(s Cana 

 t.n-y, and Massachusetts. 



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To Ofu Si liscuiiiEKs inCvn.vu.v. — Panics in 

 ( 'anada, who wish to subscribe for the Amiouk an 

 Ento.molocist, can obtain it, postage free, by 

 remitting .f 2,00 to the Rev. C. J. 8. Rethune, 

 Secretary to ihe Eutouiohigical Society of Can- 

 ada, Credit, C, W. 



MY RASPBERRY .VNI) VERBENA MOTHS. AND WHAT 

 CAME OK THEM. 



[Pig. ran- 



Colors— (It and 6) yellowish-gray; (c and d) \ er.ligris-green. 



Headers of the Amkric.vn Entomologist, lis- 

 ten to my story, and give me your .sympathies. 

 Upon two occasions I have bred two beautiful 

 little moths. One I called the Ilaspberry Moth, 

 as the little caterpillars fed upon the leaves and 

 fruit of the Raspberry ; the other I called my 

 A^'erbeiia Moth, as the larva fed upon the buds 

 and flowers of the \'erbena, 



Ihuiited through all Ihe works on Entomology 

 I had access to, and could find no description of 

 these moths; and I began to flaltcr myself that 

 I really hail found two new species. So I studied 

 them carefully, took notes of all their womh'rful 

 ways, and spent much valuable time in watch- 

 ing their proceedings, 



I found my litth^ raspberry caterpillars had a 

 decided preference for the Pliiladel|)hia Rasiiber- 

 ry, though I occasionally found them upon the 

 Bliick-caps. They also seemed to have a great 

 passion for ornaments, for they had stuck all 

 over their bodies dried anthers of flowers and 

 small bits of sticks and leaves, which gave them 

 a very comical and grolesipie a|)pearaiice, 



I confined sevcial of these larvae in a box, 

 giving them daily a fresh supply of raspberries, 

 and they seined to thrive as well in confinement 

 as in the open air. Knowing their fondness for 

 ornamcnis, I could not deprive them of these; so I 

 cut white paper and tliiea<l, together with leaves, 

 into small bits, and distributed them in the box. 

 Very soon they were decked out in those, the 

 white paper and thread adding maleiially to 

 their grotesiiue api)earance. Not always satis- 

 fied with their own accumulations, they would 

 sometimes take the ornaments from their neigh- 

 bors and appropriiitc to their own use. 



