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appearance, of Thysbe. On comparison it is found to have striking peculiarities. Its 



antenna? are blue back, and more 



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Fig. S. 



^w^^gg^j^—^^-^^-gaagfev slender than those of Thysbe, The 



«f«lIp:.\' J "' : . ■_ I ■ £ J|ilg|k upper part of the head, thorax and 



basal abdominal segments is of a rich 

 olive green. Between this green and 

 the deep Venetian red of the middle 

 segments of the abdomen is a whitish 

 g. fringe. Above the eye, and extend- 

 » ing to a point half way beneath the 

 hind wing, is a white line, which 

 broadens as it approaches its termina- 

 tion. The under part of the head and 

 thorax is white. A reddish brown 

 patch, extending from the eye to the 

 end of the thorax, separates this from 

 the white line above mentioned. On 

 the sides of the two last segments of 

 the abdomen are tufts of yellowish 

 hairs, those on the last projecting, 

 -so as to give the abdomen the appearance of a truncated ending. The usual abdominal 

 tuft is pointed and not flattened, as in Thysbe. The under side of the abdomen is red- 

 dish brown, with a few white hairs on the sides between the segments. The legs are 

 red throughout. The cell of the primaries has no bar ; and the transparent disk of the 

 hind wing has only five veins. Is this insect Chamcesesia gracilis ? 



Thyreus Abbotii (Fig. 8 represents the 

 moth and caterpillar) is said to have been 

 taken at Hull. I have never met with 

 the insect. 



I have found the larvoe of Everyx 

 chcerilus in the eastern townships, and 

 at Como, on the Ottawa, feeding upon 

 grape-vines. At South Quebec it feeds 

 upon the Virginia Creeper. The larva of 

 Ampelophaga Myron (Fig. 9) also, I have 

 found in the townships, feeding upon the 

 grape-vine. The moth is shewn in Fig. 1 0. 

 Of Ampelophaga versicolor I found 

 one larva and the chrysalis (Fig. 11) in a 

 neglected bottom land in the Township 

 of Brome. It was full fed, and I could 

 not determine its food plant. From it I 

 raised a very perfect specimen of the moth. 

 Deilephila Cli amoenerii (Fig 12 repre- 

 sents the moth), may be found in 

 its larval state feeding upon the 



Fig. 11. 



Fig. 10. 



