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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  [94] 
  

  

  anteriorly 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  trapezoidal 
  spots 
  of 
  each 
  segment 
  which 
  

   rest 
  on 
  these 
  dashes 
  anteriorly, 
  are 
  white 
  — 
  the 
  front 
  ones 
  the 
  

   larger 
  and 
  marked 
  with 
  black 
  on 
  nearly 
  one-half 
  of 
  their 
  outer 
  

   portion 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  a 
  large 
  white 
  spot 
  rests 
  on 
  

   each 
  green 
  line 
  bordering 
  the 
  subdorsal. 
  

  

  Stigmata 
  small, 
  broadly 
  oval, 
  black 
  ringed. 
  

  

  Legs 
  spotted 
  with 
  brown. 
  

  

  Several 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  larvae 
  were 
  found 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   May, 
  at 
  Schenectady, 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  trumpet 
  

   honeysuckle 
  — 
  the 
  woodbine 
  of 
  Europe 
  (Lonicera 
  pericly- 
  

   menum). 
  They 
  were 
  secured 
  in 
  a 
  tin 
  box 
  and 
  supplied 
  daily 
  

   with 
  fresh 
  food. 
  Toward 
  the 
  latter 
  parj; 
  of 
  the 
  month 
  and 
  

   early 
  in 
  June, 
  larvse 
  nearly 
  full 
  grown, 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   vines. 
  They 
  were 
  generally 
  found 
  extended 
  at 
  rest 
  upon 
  

   some 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  which 
  so 
  closely 
  resembled 
  their 
  

   markings, 
  that, 
  added 
  to 
  their 
  tapering 
  extremities, 
  they 
  were 
  

   with 
  difficulty 
  detected 
  — 
  appearing 
  rather 
  as 
  enlargements 
  

   of 
  the 
  vine. 
  

  

  From 
  about 
  twenty 
  larvae 
  collected, 
  twelve 
  matured 
  and 
  

   formed 
  their 
  cocoons 
  between 
  the 
  9th 
  and 
  16th 
  of 
  June. 
  

  

  The 
  cocoons 
  are 
  elongate-oval 
  in 
  form, 
  and 
  five-eighths 
  of 
  

   an 
  inch 
  long 
  by 
  nearly 
  one-fourth 
  inch 
  broad. 
  They 
  are 
  

   of 
  rather 
  a 
  slight 
  texture, 
  inclosed 
  by 
  leaves 
  drawn 
  around 
  

   them, 
  and 
  were 
  attached 
  by 
  their 
  flattened 
  under 
  surface 
  to 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  paper 
  box 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  

   been 
  transferred; 
  one 
  cocoon, 
  only, 
  was 
  fastened 
  to 
  a 
  twig. 
  

  

  The 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  pupa-cases 
  found 
  within 
  the 
  cocoons 
  are 
  

   of 
  a 
  chestnut-brown 
  color, 
  but 
  were 
  too 
  much 
  broken 
  to 
  afford 
  

   any 
  special 
  features 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  imago 
  emerged 
  on 
  June 
  29th, 
  having 
  been 
  twenty 
  

   days 
  in 
  its 
  cocoon. 
  June 
  30th, 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  moths 
  emerged, 
  

   followed 
  by 
  others 
  on 
  July 
  3d 
  and 
  4th. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Grote, 
  in 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  Bulletin, 
  ut 
  cit., 
  mentions 
  the 
  

   larvse 
  as 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  common 
  honeysuckle 
  — 
  Lonicera 
  

   sempervivum. 
  

  

  