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On some hitherto undescribed LEPIDOPTEROTJS LARV^. 
BY W. SAUNDERS, 
of London, Canada West. 
Vanessa Milberti, Godart. 
Length one to one and a quarter inches. Color dark yellowish-grey 
streaked with black at the sides, a black dorsal stripe, and a lateral band 
of dull orange mixed with yellow and grey on each side above spiracles ; 
spines black, excepting those close to the under surface which are of 
a greenish-yellow color. Under surface bright greenish-yellow with a 
central line of black spots. 
Food-plant. Nettle. 
Arctia Americana. Harris. 
The full grown larva of this species I reared several years since 
but neglected at the time to describe it. The following is a description 
of the larva as it hybernates for the winter. 
Length three-eighths of an inch. Head black, body dark brown 
with transverse rows of tubercles from which spring dense tufts of in¬ 
termingled white and black hairs. 
It completes its growth in the spring and enters the chrysalis state 
late in May or early in June. Like the “ Oaja ’’ of Europe, it feeds 
readily on the common garden lettuce. 
Arctia parthenice, Kirby. 
Length one and three-quarters to two inches. Head black, with a 
light spot on each side. Body black with a dorsal flesh colored stripe. 
A transverse row of prominent tubercles on each segment of a yellow¬ 
ish flesh color, from which spring tufts of stift’ hairs which are black 
on the back and brown on the sides of the body. Feet and prolegs, 
yellowish tipped with black. 
Ijike that of Americana this larva hybernates when partly grown 
and completes its growth the following spring. It feeds readily on 
lamb’s (jiiarter {^Ohenoporliinn allmin) or even on grass. 
Ecpantheria scribonia, Stoll. 
It cannot be correctly said of the larva of this species that it is un- 
