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shorten that of the pupae. Mr. C. Y. Riley agreed with him, but Mr. Thomas held the 

 opposite view. 



Mr. S. H. Peabody, speaking of the duration of life of some moths, remarked that 

 in Eudropia and in Ctenucha virginica the period of existence of the imago was short. 



Mr. Riley said that Anisota rubicunda feeds on both the hard and soft maple trees, 

 and that the colouring of the imago in the western limits of the region where the moth 

 is found is very pale in colour. Mr. J. A. Lintner stated that he had captured this insect 

 at Schoharie, N. Y., having a yellow colour with only a slight tinge of rose. 



Mr. W. H. Edwards remarked that he had found Thecla henrici only in April. It 

 feeds on the wild plum tree. The larva eats into the unripe plums, burying its head and 

 shoulders in the fruit, and eats no other kind of food. The larva becomes full grown by 

 the time that the plum has become half grown. The insect has but one brood in the 

 year. Mr. Edwards also remarked that Lycaena violacea feeds upon many different food 

 plants. 



The meetings of the Entomological Sub-section were throughout very interesting and 

 profitable, and the "brethren of the net" separated with regret, the hope being expressed 

 by all that they might be privileged to meet again next year in Montreal. 



POPULAR P A P ERS ON ENTOMOLOGY. 



EXTOMOLOGY FOR BEGIXNERS. 



The Satellite Sphinx — Philampelus satellitia (Linn.). 

 By Wm. Saunders, LondiOn, Ont. 



This is one of the most beautiful of our Sphinx moths, a rare as well as lovely crea- 

 ture, and an object highly prized by collectors. It is found throughout the northern 

 United States and occasionally in Canada, but is nowhere very common. 



Fig. 1. 



The moth (fig. 1), when its wings are expanded, will measure from four to four and 

 a half inches across. Its colour is of a light olive mixed with gray and varied with patches 

 of a darker olive-green, rich and velvety, and some portions with a rosy hue. The moths 

 appear in July, when, after pairing, the female deposits her eggs singly on the leaves of 

 the grape-vine or Virginia creeper ( Ampelopsis quinquefolia J, where they shortly hatch 



