﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  345 
  

  

  vescd)^ 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  already 
  deposited 
  on 
  them, 
  from 
  

   which 
  circumstance, 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  any 
  accompanying 
  statement, 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  presumed 
  that 
  the 
  moths 
  were 
  captured 
  on 
  that 
  tree. 
  

   A 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  subsequendy 
  deposited 
  by 
  the 
  moth, 
  

   of 
  which, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Mr 
  Louis 
  Sautter, 
  85 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  

   me, 
  which 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  laid 
  June 
  25. 
  When 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   received 
  by 
  me 
  on 
  the 
  30th, 
  they 
  showed 
  a 
  circular 
  depression 
  on 
  their 
  

   flattened 
  surface, 
  which, 
  in 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  our 
  moths, 
  indicates 
  an 
  

   advanced 
  stage 
  in 
  their 
  development. 
  They 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  honey- 
  

   yellow 
  color, 
  with 
  some 
  reddish 
  spots 
  or 
  clouds 
  maculating 
  their 
  border. 
  

   By 
  July 
  2d 
  the 
  larvae 
  could 
  be 
  plainly 
  seen 
  in 
  frequent 
  motion 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  through 
  the 
  transparent 
  shell. 
  On 
  the 
  following 
  day^ 
  the 
  

   larval 
  bands 
  were 
  quite 
  visible. 
  

  

  Four 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  were 
  disclosed 
  July 
  4, 
  and 
  12 
  additional 
  during 
  the 
  

   five 
  days 
  following; 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  last 
  ones 
  to 
  emerge 
  were 
  quite 
  feeble 
  — 
  

   four 
  of 
  them 
  dying 
  without 
  partaking 
  of 
  food. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  eggs 
  

   developed, 
  probably 
  from 
  failure 
  in 
  fertilization, 
  resulting 
  from 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   turbed 
  coition. 
  Thus 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  duration 
  of 
  the 
  egg 
  stage 
  

   was 
  from 
  nine 
  to 
  14 
  days. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  fed 
  only 
  at 
  long 
  intervals, 
  passing 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  time 
  in 
  

   wandering 
  over 
  the 
  leaves 
  or 
  resting 
  on 
  their 
  petioles. 
  One 
  larva 
  molted 
  

   July 
  II 
  ; 
  two 
  the 
  12th 
  and 
  four 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  the 
  14th. 
  Two 
  larvae 
  

   were 
  in 
  position 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  molting 
  on 
  the 
  i6th, 
  indicating 
  progress 
  

   in 
  the 
  change 
  by 
  their 
  translucent, 
  empty 
  head-cases 
  and 
  the 
  withdrawn 
  

   heads 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  segment. 
  The 
  entire 
  integuuient 
  

   was 
  cast 
  the 
  following 
  day. 
  The 
  two 
  surviving 
  larvae 
  molted 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  

   time 
  July 
  30 
  and 
  August 
  2. 
  The 
  fourth 
  molt 
  of 
  the 
  sole 
  survivor 
  

   occurred 
  on 
  the 
  15th. 
  Unfortunately, 
  it 
  died 
  of 
  diarrhoea 
  three 
  days 
  

   later 
  — 
  the 
  result, 
  probably, 
  of 
  its 
  having 
  been 
  fed 
  for 
  so 
  long 
  a 
  time 
  on 
  

   a 
  food 
  plant 
  unnatural 
  to 
  it. 
  The 
  chestnut 
  leaves 
  which 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  

   given 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  larvae 
  were 
  refused. 
  It 
  not 
  being 
  convenient 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   vide 
  them 
  with 
  buttonwood, 
  its 
  only 
  food-plant 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Harris, 
  oak, 
  

   mentioned 
  by 
  Abbot 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  food-plants 
  in 
  the 
  south, 
  was 
  

   procured 
  for 
  them, 
  upon 
  which 
  they 
  fed, 
  but 
  at 
  no 
  time 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  earnest 
  

   manner. 
  An 
  attempt 
  was 
  afterward 
  made 
  to 
  transfer 
  them 
  to 
  pine, 
  on 
  

   which 
  Dr 
  Fitch 
  states 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  almost 
  invariably 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  states, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  unwilling 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  change. 
  « 
  The 
  

   small 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  larva 
  which 
  passed 
  the 
  fourth 
  molt 
  successfully, 
  

  

  aDrHulst 
  states 
  that 
  these 
  larvae 
  are 
  difficult 
  to 
  rear 
  in 
  confinement,' 
  though 
  hardy 
  

   under 
  natural 
  conditions. 
  

  

  