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Hind wings white, with ■ distinct discal dot, and a series of marginal iutervenular 
dots. Abdomen asby, not ringed with white as in multbciipta. Expanse of wings, 
34 mm . 
19. ('crura multiscripia Riley. 
The eggs are said by Professor Riley to be hemispherical and pale 
yellowish green, while those of C. borealis (litter in being jet-black. 
The caterpillar is closely similar to that of C. borealis. (Riley.) 
Mr. F. Tepper found the larva of this fine 
moth on the willow July 30; a male imago 
emerged August 30 and a female September 
30. (Bull. Brooklyn Eut. Soc, i, p. 4.) No 
description of the larva was published. 
Moth. — Without the broad median band of C. 
borealis, occidentalin, and albicoma. ForewiogB 
Fig. lm.-Cerura multincripta. After crossed by eight usually well-defined lines: the 
Riley. third and fourth lines so meet as to form five more 
or less complete ringlets; all the lines are scalloped, 
the outer three being nearly parallel. There is a large well-marked discal ringlet. 
Hind wings of the females dusky, those of the male white ; in both sexes the black 
spots on the edge of the hind wings are distinct ; in this respect the species differs 
from Walker's scitiscripta, of which I have two specimens from Florida. It is not 
improbable, however, that the two species will be eveutually united. Expanse of 
wings, 27 to 32 mm (1-H inches). 
20. Cerura-Uke larva. 
Late in August this caterpillar was found on the willow at Bruns- 
wick, Me. 
Larva. — Body somewhat flattened in.front ; head very large and broad, flattened in 
front and wider than the body ; prothoracic segment very wide, with two fronto- 
lateral spines, bearing thick short spinules. The body ends in two long filaments, 
broadly ringed with brown ; they are as long as the body behind the head, and 
spinulated. Two supra-anal tubercles ending in hairs. A short, broad trapezoid 
of four rounded tubercles. Body yellowish green ; head, prothoracic segment above, 
and seven abdominal segments reddish brown. 
21. Apatela felina Grote. 
Prof. G. H. French has bred this moth from the willow, the eggs 
having been sent him by Mr. McGlashan, of Truckee, Cal. They were 
deposited July 6, the larvse emerging six days later. From the egg to 
the moth required two hundred aud ninet} -six days. The cocoon was 
thin, firm, and tough. 
Young larva. — Length .10 inch. Body cylindrical ; head broader than the body, 
oblique. Color of the upper parts and sides of segments 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, and 13, 
reddish purple; tho rest of the upper part, and sides and the venter dull whitish ; 
six rows of tubercles from which proceed small clusters of brown hairs, the four 
rows of dorsal clusters longer than the body ; head black; feet purplish. Duration 
of this period four days. 
