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NOTES ON THE LIFE-HISTORIES OF SOME 

 NOTODONTIDiE. 



Hv A. S. PArkAKi). 



PART II. 



Nadata gibbosa Abbot <///</ Smith. 



The eggs were receivetl from Mr. H. Meeske, aiul hatclieil 

 June 12. They were hiid on the oak, ami the hirvie were raised 

 on the leaves of that tree. Compare also the description of the 

 five stages by Miss Soule in Psyche, \'ol. vi, p. 197. 



^4,';<,^ — Described by Miss Soule (Psyche vi. 197). I still need 

 specimens for examination under high powers of the microscope. 



Larva, stai^:^/- I. — Length 2.5 mm. Tiie head is large, full and 

 rounded, j)ale green, with a yellowish tinge like the body, only 

 clearer, more amber-like ; it is wider than the body, which is pale 

 yellowish green. The body is smooth, without distinct piliferous 

 tubercles, though there are scattered long, fine glandular hairs, 

 which are uchreous-brown in color, arising from microscopic 

 tubercles. These hairs under a j4 inch objective at first appear 

 to be simple tapering hairs, but after close observation are seen 

 to be clear and slightly flattened and bifid at the tip. The body 

 tapers regularly from the prothoracic segment to the end. 



Stax<' II. (End of stage?) — Length 12 mm. June 20. The 

 head is rounded, smooth, as wide as the body where it is thickest ; 

 yellowish green. The body is cylindrical, tapering decidedly 

 toward the end ; the segments are distinctly wrinkled above. 

 The body is pale green, with two broad diffuse yellowish longitu- 

 dinal bands, one on each side from the prothoracic segment to the 

 end of the body. The hairs are minute, and, with the tubercles 

 they arise from, not easily seen. 



Staj^^e III. — Length 1^^ mm. June 23. Of the same shape as 

 before. The head is still much wider than the body ; it is a little 

 deeper green, but the color of the l)ody differs from that of the 

 previous stage in being wliitish glaucous-green, since the body 

 is covered with a soft whitish e.xuilation or l)loom, so as to ob- 

 scure the lateral faint stripe. 



Sta^i^t' IV. — Length 18 mm. June 29. The head is very large, 

 wider than the body and pea-green in color, while the body is more 

 whitish, covered with a white bloom. The lateral pale, straw-yel- 

 low line is not verv distinct. There is a faint, verv narrow, vas- 



