54(J FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
Larva. — Body curled up helix-like ; with Bight pairs of abdominal legs. Head am- 
Itci oolored ; eyei black. Body livid greeuish ; on each :il)d(uuinal segment a series 
of straw-yellow spots Lnolosing three sides of a hollow square, with a few orange 
spots at the cud of the body. A few minute sharp tubercles on each segment. 
Thoracic as well as abdominal legs pale livid greenish. Length, 15 mm . 
13, Selandria t larvu. At. '2. 
Larva. — Larger than the preceding species; with eight pairs of abdominal legs. 
Head, body, and legs pale amber, with a dark dorsal stripe from which twelve 
oblique bands pass down and unite with a broad diffuse lateral baud. Length, 
id 1 " 111 . 
14. Geometrid caterpillar. 
This larva, of which a description is subjoined, 1 found September 5, 
on low ash bushes on the shores of Itaugeley Lake, Maine. 
Larva. — Head broad and flat, as wide as the body ; a greenish horn-colored triangu- 
lar area in front, with a pale brownish transverse stripe across the front between the 
anteume. Body slender, cylindrical, with a few transverse dorsal wrinkles. At the 
end of the lirst abdominal are two pale, light, small tubercles, situated on a trausverse 
ridge ; a similar pair, but larger, ou the end of the fifth abdominal segment. On 
each segment are two minute dark tubercles. Supra-anal plate long, triangular, with 
large terminal piliferous warts ; those on the upper side of the anal legs large. 
The third pair of thoracic feet larger than the others. Anal legs short and broad. 
General color of the body dark brown, resembling that of the bark of a twig of the 
food-tree. Length, 24 mm . 
15. Sphinx cinerea Harris. 
While the caterpillar feeds on the lilac, becoming fully grown early 
in September, it has been taken by Mr. W. H. Edwards on the white 
ash. 
Larva. — Three to 3.25 inches long ; cylindrical, greenish white, shading into white 
dorsally. Head semi-oval, flat, green, with yellow lateral lines. The thoracic seg- 
ments transparent, more tinged with green ; a few small granulations ou the annula- 
tions of the segments, which are yellowish green laterally and white dorsally. The 
seven lateral bands pale yellow, edged with darker green anteriorly, traversing the 
entire segment above the stigma and continued over six-eighths of the following, in 
white, edged with pale green above. Stigmata linear, bordered with white. Caudal 
horn rose color, long, curved, with a prominent base, sometimes tipped with blue. 
Caudal shield edged with light green. Legs rose color. (Lintner.) 
Pupa. — Two inches long, .60 broad. Chestnut brown. Head-case depressed, pro- 
jecting by nearly the length of the first segment beyond it. Tongue-case— its base 
anteriorly advanced nearly to the vertex of the head-case, regularly ridged trans- 
versely, with a medial impressed line having moderately elevated margins — its tiunk 
raised by one-half its diameter from the breast, the tip applied to the breast and 
slightly bulbous ; the buried portion of the tongue-case smooth, extending to the 
tips of the wing-cases, which are also smooth. Anterior leg case with a prominence 
over the femur. First segment with a smooth dorsal spot, from which wrinkles 
radiate. Second segment moderately rounded, with interrupted transverse wrinkles 
dorsally. Third segment with a dark brown central transverse fold, interrupted 
dorsally. Central segments broader than the thoracic region, moderately punctu- 
ated, with dorsal wrinkles and depressions. Eleventh segment with a small dorsal 
protuberance. Terminal segment quite tapering. Spine short, blunt, wrinkled, and 
bifid. (Lintner.) 
