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There is a faint white, dorsal line, a little broken into segments; a 
fainter subdorsal line, more interrupted; and a bright yellow line, 
containing the black stigmata or breathing pores, the space above be¬ 
tween these lines spattered with a creamy white. . 
The worm changes to a chrysalis in a cocoon formed by fastening 
around itself a leaf of the plant upon which it feeds, and lining it 
with silk ; the change occurring in May or June, and the moths issu¬ 
ing a little more than a month later. One that I reared the past sea¬ 
son fastened together a rose leaf and a petal, in which it pupated. 
The moth is one of the most easily recognized of this family, l he 
fore wings are dark brown, with the wavy, transverse line toward the 
outer part quite light, the space beyond this lighter than the rest; 
the hind wings copper color, with a coppery brown band along the 
front edge. 
Remedy. —Hand-picking. 
Ceramica picta, Harr.—The Painted Ceramica. 
This insect has until recently been called Mamestra picta or the 
Painted Mamestra, and the caterpillar on account of its peculiar 
striping is known as the Zebra Caterpillar. The larvae is a general 
feeder eating readily the leaves of cabbages, turnips and other garden 
vegetables, and has been found at times to do considerable damage. 
Dr? Packard states that twice within his recollection has it been ex- 
tremelv destructive to the ruta-baga crop in Massachusetts. In the 
account given of it in the Sixth Report is a record of its ravages on 
raspberries in the northern and western parts of the State and m 
Iowa, as well as of its pea-eating propensity. # 
From Miss Middleton’s notes of the transformations of those sent 
here by Mr. 0. B. Galusha, are obtained the following items: . Ihe 
voung larvse were received June 1, 1876, changed to chrysalids m t e 
ground the 27th of the same month, and came forth as moths the ioi- 
The*following is the description of the larvae from the Sixth Report: 
« The worms when fullv grown are nearly two inches long and beauti¬ 
fully colored. They are marked their entire length with very distinct 
stripes, alternating black and yellow, arranged as follows : A rather 
broad deep velvety black medium stripe along the back, slightly mar¬ 
gined on each side with white; on each side of this black stripe.there 
is a bright yellow stripe about equal in width to the former ; in tne 
middle of this on each segment there is a small black dot; next below 
there comes a rather broad blackish stripe, composed of minute white 
and black transverse and somewhat netted; next below this is anothei 
bright yellow stripe; below this and just above the legs is a narrow 
white stripe, profuselv sprinkled with black dots. The head, ventra 
surface and legs are pale reddish brown or tawny. The surface ol the 
body is almost entirely free from hairs.” 
