WILLOW CATERPILLARS. 571 
28. Catocala carissima Hnlst. 
The larva of this moth has been described by Mr. A. Koebele in the 
Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society (iv, 22). 
The larva is considerably smaller than that of ilia when full grown,, 
though the imago is one of the largest , if not the largest, of all Cato- 
calae. It feeds on the willow. 
Larva. — Head gray brown. Protuberance on summits of eyes prominent. Body, 
ground color gray, very heavily marked and striated with rust-brown, which towards- 
the head almost covers the body. There is a brown lunule on the eleventh segment 
with horns forward. Underneath clear red brown between third and sixth segments. 
The sixth and seventh segments between and anterior to the legs have each a large 
nearly round spot. (Koebele.) 
29. Noctuid larva. 
This brightly painted caterpillar occurred on the willow in Maine 
the first and second weeks in September. 
Larva. — Head broad and large, wider than the body, which is smooth and of the 
usual Noctuid shape, the end being smooth and tapering. Head pale carueous, with 
four longitudinal reddish bands, the two middle ones diverging from each other in 
front. Body rich dark brown, with a broad subdorsal bright yellow baud ; a nar- 
rower yellow spiracular line, and between it and the subdorsal band a narrow linear 
whitish line ; the spiracular line is edged below with pale lilac. Body beneath and 
legs pale whitish flesh-colored. Length, 12 mm . 
30. Noctuid larva. 
This caterpillar occurred on the willow at Brunswick, Me., late in 
August and through September. 
Larva. — Body thick and- fleshy, rather short, otherwise of the usual Noctuid shape. 
Head large and full, nearly as broad as the body, pale reddish brown, mottled and 
watered with a paler hue. General color of body snuff-yellow ; a dorsal row of eleven 
dark brown diffuse spots; a subdorsal row of short oblique marks, extending ante- 
riorly down the sutures. Spiracles ringed with black. Supra-anal plate and anal 
legs above, brown. All the feet flesh-colored. Length, 22 to 25 mm . 
31. Cymatophora pampinaria Guene'e. 
The caterpillar has been found feediug on the willow by Professor 
French, who observed that in Illinois it pupated September 16 and 
October 2, the moth appearing April 17. From a specimen raised by 
Mr. L. W. Goodell, which, after spinning a few threads on itself, 
pupated, the moth appeared in confinement November 14. It feeds 
on the pear, willow, and cultivated geraniums. 
Larva. — Pale yellowish-green (sometimes gray or brown), with a broad reddish- 
brown stripe, edged with black on the back, and on each side of the fifth segment 
is a small black spot. Length, 1 inch. 
Pupa. — Light brown. Length, .50 inch. 
Moth. — This is now our most common species of the genus, and may be known by 
the very distinct line at the base of the abdomen, the basal ring beyond being unusu- 
ally white, and by the under side of the wings having a broad marginal shade, while 
