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segment; on each sid<- at base is ■ silvery band obeeorelj marked. Body pearly 
white, spotted Irregularly with brown. Head, wings, and limbs olive-brown. Ab- 
domen pearl white, brown towards the end. Length 24 IMm . 
The butterfly. — Deep orange red, body black, wings bordered and striped with 
black; in the black borders a row of white spots besides a row of marginal white 
spots in the scallops, also a row of three white spots in tin- rriangnlar black spot ex- 
tending inward from the outer third of the costa of the fore-wing. Eight white spots 
on the head to be seen from above. Expanse of wings 2* inches. 
17. yi$oniades icclus Lintner. 
This butterfly has been raised by Mr. S. Lowell Elliot from cater- 
pillars found on different species of poplar and willow at or near New 
York City. According to Mr. Lintner, the first discoverer of the 
species, the butterfly is to be seen from May 23 till near the middle of 
July. 
The egg. — The egg is of a pale-green color. In shape it is a semi-ellipsoid ; its base 
is flat, and its apex depressed between the tips of the ribs, which terminate exterior 
to the depression. It is distinctly fluted even to the naked eye, and with a 1-inch 
lens the ribs may be seen of the number usually of eleven, but not uniformly, for of 
nine specimens examined one was observed with ten ribs and one with twelve. Con- 
necting the ribs are from thirty to thirty-five transverse stri®. The diameter of the 
egg is .031 of an inch, and its height .028 of an inch. The larva has not been 
observed by me. (Lintner.) 
The butterfly.— Head and palpi dark brown, the latter lighter beneath, and inter- 
spersed with gray or gray-tipped hairs. Antennae brown, annulated with white 
obscurely above, with the club orange-tipped. Thorax dark brown, with scattered 
scales of lighter brown. Abdomen dark brown, with some gray scales, especially at 
the posterior margin of the segments. Anterior wings above dark brown, basally 
mottled with umber, and sprinkled with yellow-brown and bluish-gray scales. It 
differs from N. brizo, to which it is closely related, by its uniformly smaller size, its 
wings expanding from 1.20 to 1.40 inches, while the smallest brizo expands 1.50 
inches. A marked characteristic is the costal patch of bluish scales between the 
bands. (Lintner.) 
18. Smerinthu8 exececatus A. and S. 
The caterpillar of this moth, which heretofore has been supposed to 
be confined to the wild cherry as well as the apple and plum, has been 
found by Mr. Fletcher to feed readily on the balm of Gilead and also 
Populus alba, the latter known as the silver abele tree ; the larvae 
varied much in coloration. (Can. Ent., xv, 203.) Mr. P. Fischer (Can. 
Ent., xvi, 17) has bred this species from the poplar and linden. 
19. Smerinthu8 modestus Harris. 
The caterpillar of this rare moth has been found by Dr. Kellicott to 
feed on the aspen, and by Mr. W. V. Andrews on the poplar (species 
not mentioned). Mr. E. Bunker, who describes the eggs and early 
stages (in Can. Ent., ix, 210), does not mention its food-plant. We copy 
his descriptions. 
Egg. — One-eighteenth inch in diameter; light green, translucent, smooth, circu- 
lar, oblate or depressed. Hatched in nine days after being laid. 
