Dy.ir.] 164 [Nov. i, 
band over the ocelli, running posteriorly to about the middle of the side 
of the head, in line witli tlie stigmatal band of the body, bordered on 
both sides narrowly "vvith yellow; ocelli black; labrum pale, a whitish 
line on each side of the clypeal sutures, and a faint double raarl< at the 
vertex, continuing tlie douljle dorsal line of the body. Width 4.2 mm. 
Body cylindrical, smooth, tapering posteriorly; joint 1.3 small, the last 
feet no larger than the others. Setae not distinguishable. Dorsum leaf- 
green, with a suffusion of white, a distinct white geminate dorsal line; a 
very faint, narrow, waved and broken subdorsal one; a lateral row of 
yellowish dots, obsolete at the extremities, three on each segment, the 
central one higher than tlie others; a distinct yellow stigmatal line 
bordered above narrowly and irregularly with red-brown. Spiracle on 
joint 2 large, white, black-ringed, the others whitish and brown-ringed. 
Subventral space clear green, unspotted. Thoracic feet pale testaceous 
Avith a few black dots outwardly. 
The larva seems a close ally of Nadata^ but differs in habit; for it 
rests on the edge of the leaf instead of the back as Nadata does. In its 
normal position, the clear green of the subventral space joins nicely with 
the green of the leaf, and the distinct stigmatal line seems to represent an 
edge or rib of the leaf. 
Cocoon. — Found beneath the surface of the earth ; composed of silk 
mixed with grains of dirt; elliptical, thin, complete; size 25 x 12 mm. 
Piqxt. — Cylindrical, rounded at both ends, thickest through the fourth 
abdominal segment; anal end almost flat; no cremaster, but a low 
rounded prominence. Cases creased; abdomen sparsely punctured; color 
dark mahogany brown, shining. Length 21 mm. ; width 7 mm. 
Food plant. — Oak (Quercus). 
Larvae from Clinton County, New York. 
Mr. C. A. Wiley lins very kindly sent me llie eggs of the 
following species from Miles City, Montana. 
Samia gloveri Strecker, 
1872— Strecker, Lep. Rhop. and Het., 1, pi. 1. 
Egg. — Elliptical, slightly flattened above and below. Length 2.2 ram., 
width 1.8 mm., thickness 1.6 mm. Smooth, white, not shining, with 
irregular blotches of a brown substance over the surface. The larva 
hatches by a hole in one end. 
First stage. — Head rounded, about as high as wide, median suture deep 
at vertex, but very shallow in front. Color shining black, labrum paler. 
A few short pale hairs ; width 1.0 mm. Feet normal, the anal pair very 
large, the anal plate armed. The armature consists of a series of thick 
stiff processes, shining black, slfghtly swollen at tip and bearing a bunch 
of spreading pale hairs, nearly twice as long as the stem. They are of 
about equal length, slightly longer on the thoracic segments, and arranged 
in four longitudinal segmentary rows, as in the mature larva. Row 1 is 
subdorsal on joints 2-11, 12 and 13 posteriorly (i. e., the anal plate or 
