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here that the larva of the closely allied species Megalochlora 

 sponsaria Bremer ^° is very similar to that of M. valida. How- 

 ever, it is much smaller, with only four pairs of dorsal spines 

 all directed forward instead of six pairs as in valida. It is 

 green without dark markings. I bred two imagoes from larvae 

 of M. sponsaria at Kobe on June 18, 1901, and July 21, 1902, 

 respectively, but my artist did not figure the larva, so I think it 

 advisable to mention the resemblance here. 



Pupa. — The pupa of M. valida is green, sparsely spotted with 

 black dots on the dorsum. 



I have taken valida in Honshu Island in June and July only. 

 Matsumura records it from Honshu and from eastern Siberia. 

 The larva appears in April with the young buds of the oak, the 

 pupa in May, and the imago in June and July. I have never 

 taken specimens of the imago later than July; therefore it 

 is probably single brooded. 



GEOMETRID^ 



BOARMIIN^e 



Genus AUAXA Walker 

 Auaxa Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. (1860), 20, 271. 



Auaxa cesadaria Walker. 



Larva of Auaxa sulphurea Butler. Plate II, fig. 1, larva; fig. 2, food 

 plant; figs. 3, 4, larva, previous to pupation. 

 Japanese name, ki-edashaku. 



Auaxa cesadaria Wlk., Cat. Lep. Het. (1860), 20, 271. 

 Bizia sulphurea Butler, 111. Typ. Lep. Het. (1878), 2, 47, PI. 35, fig. 10. 

 Auaxa sulphurea Leech, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1897), VI, 19, 

 220; Matsumura, Cat. Insect. Jap. (1905), 1, 148, No. 1265. 



The larva figured (Plate II, fig. 1) was taken in July (figured 

 July 2), 1902, at Hakodate, Oshima Province, Hokkaido (Yezo), 

 on wild ros6; Japanese name, no-bara (Rosa multiflora Thunb.). 

 It pupated July 6, and an adult female emerged August 3, 1902. 

 Another female emerged from a larva (Plate II, figs. 3, 4) taken 

 in May, 1901, at Kobe, Settsu Province, Honshu, and two males 

 and one female from larvse taken July 29 and 31, 1902. 



Pupa. — The pupa is inclosed in a frail cocoon spun among rose 

 leaves. 



Larva. — The following description is taken from my original 

 figure: Length, 37 millimeters. Pale green, a lateral series of 

 four pairs of curved pink spines situated on segments 5, 6, 

 7, and 8; a pair of similar spines, submediad, on the dorsum 



"Lep. Ost.-Sib. (1864), 77, PI. 7, fig. 25. 



