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  ix, 
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  13. 
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  298, 
  no. 
  1121. 
  1761. 
  

  

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  9, 
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  Notodorita 
  tremida 
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  A 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  species 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Bath-on-the- 
  

   Hudson. 
  Sept. 
  9, 
  1869. 
  on 
  willow. 
  It 
  molted 
  dnring 
  tke 
  night, 
  

   and 
  on 
  tke 
  following 
  day 
  it 
  measnred. 
  wken 
  at 
  rest. 
  .95 
  of 
  an 
  

   inck. 
  Tke 
  following 
  were 
  its 
  features 
  : 
  Head 
  ligkt 
  yellow- 
  

   green, 
  subquadrangular, 
  with 
  an 
  impressed 
  median 
  line; 
  

   mandibles 
  yellow, 
  tipped 
  witk 
  black. 
  Body 
  wkite 
  dorsally,' 
  

   with 
  a 
  brigkt 
  yellow 
  stigmatal 
  stripe 
  bordered 
  above 
  witk 
  

   green. 
  Candal 
  horn 
  conical, 
  white, 
  tipped 
  witk 
  glossy 
  black 
  

   and 
  witk 
  a 
  black 
  stripe 
  laterally. 
  Caudal 
  skield 
  granulated, 
  

   broadly 
  elliptical 
  in 
  outline 
  — 
  its 
  largest 
  diameter 
  transverse 
  

   to 
  tke 
  body. 
  Stigmata 
  broadly 
  oval, 
  velvety-black 
  on 
  a 
  wkite 
  

   ground. 
  Legs 
  ferruginous, 
  witk 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  above 
  tkem 
  : 
  

   prolegs 
  witk 
  a 
  glossy 
  black 
  spot 
  laterally, 
  and 
  a 
  dull 
  black 
  

   larger 
  one 
  above 
  tkem. 
  extending 
  upward 
  to 
  tke 
  stigmatal 
  line. 
  

  

  Tke 
  larva 
  was 
  of 
  remarkable 
  transparency, 
  exceeding 
  tkat 
  

   of 
  any 
  other 
  wkick 
  kad 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  observation. 
  The 
  

   lateral 
  and 
  ventral 
  regions 
  had 
  almost 
  the 
  transparency 
  of 
  

   glass. 
  

  

  It 
  matured 
  on 
  the 
  19th, 
  when 
  it 
  measured 
  1.1 
  inch 
  long 
  and 
  

   .17 
  inch 
  broad. 
  It 
  was 
  not 
  suspected 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  of 
  having 
  

   reached 
  maturity, 
  but 
  was 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  young 
  Sphinx, 
  

   with 
  probably 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  additional 
  moltings 
  to 
  undergo 
  

   before 
  its 
  pupation. 
  The 
  diminished 
  activity 
  shown 
  by 
  it, 
  

   and 
  its 
  refusal 
  of 
  food, 
  was 
  ascribed 
  to 
  its 
  change 
  to 
  poplar 
  

   soon 
  after 
  its 
  capture. 
  On 
  the 
  21st, 
  at 
  the 
  suggestion 
  of 
  a 
  

   friend 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  possibly 
  matured, 
  it 
  was 
  placed 
  on 
  some 
  

  

  