LEMONIAS I. 
Yootgi Larva. — Length, .04 inch; cylindrical, thickest at 3, taperin- pos¬ 
teriorly, the dorsum a little arched, each segment rounded ; color yellow-green • 
from 3 to 12 two dorsal rows of broad, oval, flattened brown processes! from 
°, l< 1 0i " 11L 1 comes a P encl1 of five Ion g, recurved, black hairs, one bein- 
shelter than the rest; along lower part of side, from 2 to 13, are three Ion- and 
depressed white hairs to each segment, and under them some fine and shorter 
ones ; on 2 is a dark brown, oval, tumid process, and on the anterior half are 
front 0 !? th T" elth °; f de Ule medi °- dorsal line > a H turned forward ; in 
front of these is a fringe of long white hairs which fall over the head • 13 is 
-now 11 ,1 ex remity, and the hairs extend back horizontally, or a little depressed • 
feet and pro-legs yellow-green; head a little broader thf 2, obovoid Sed’ 
S^ctrd ”^ ^ k) ^ h “ d n °‘ ^ 
like ** at same ^ but is — 
is common in New Mexico and Arizona, and probably in Southern 
L ah. It was described m 1870, from a single male brought from Utah by Dr 
Palmer, and for a long time this remained unique in collections. But Messrs' 
N .' m ° e r gen : DolI > and Morrlson have brought in large numbers. 
elevatiof iTo^W^Tt “ 1 *7? L at F ° H Thomas > A ™> in May 5 
m 1 f 00 feet ' 14 was tlymg only on Mesquit, both on the leaves and flow¬ 
ers, more often on the latter. It flies very quickly, and when at resTgenemlTy 
holds its wings perfectly flat, and sometimes will flutter them rapidly but it 
W to L -eEr C V° ^nn f 6 TheCla ' 1 f ° Ulld 2 Grant! 
habits ’.. ’ elevatl0n feet, — always on Mesquit, and with the same 
I recened from Mr. Doll at Tucson, 26th May, 1881, a box containin- about 
been if? A UvTlb f d ,’ eaVeS ° f Mesquit ’ 0,1 which ‘hey had 
caped (111 27t) l **** } hatCbed ’ bU * the larv£e had apparently es- 
l ed bein °; e! ‘ b ir °" e , COme fr0m ! ts f^orn the depressed top, a fund 
° eaten T out > J ust large enough to permit egress. None of the shell 
was consumed I did not at the time know the plant, but supposed ift 
be a species of Cassia, and therefore provided leaves of Cassia marilaudica 
But the larva?, some half dozen in number, all died, and I was able to learn 
no ling o e subsequent stages. After this the larva? of L. Mas were found 
to like leaves of wild plum, and probably Palmerii would have eaten the same 
Lunomas IS one of the genera in the family Erycinida?, of which Mr. H. W 
ates says, m the Linnaean Society Journal, vol ix 186S - “T] 1A 1? • ’• 
