Descriptions of larvae, 1883-1890

Roland Chartist's Descriptions of [illegible] AMEE BROS., 5 Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass.

Roland Haslett. May 1883.

Scopelosoma Morrisoni. Eggs laid on bits of oak bark and tango Depot/22 and subsequent days. Eggs also on Strawberry and Shin plants. Flattened infinitely with a circular superior depression from which radiate beaded ridge. Large transversal diameter about 6mm. Color strans color changing to reddish and black as larva develops. Eggs Hatched May 4 et sq. Young Larva. Liquid yellowish-green with superior and anterior blackish tinge Head large - jet black. Prolegs and in some specimens, gut: black. A frontal black shield on seg. I. Spine half together like a tortrix. After feeding, color light green with a few blackish marks. A few colorless hairs. L. 1.5 mm. When mature indication of a dorsal subdorsal and calveer streaks. Color light-green darker superiorly; head small makes itself a case either within bud or between the ribs of the leaves like a tortrix. Sticky Land to handle. Turns brownish yellow before changing skin Raspberry cherry & gooseberry.

After 1st Month- May 15.- 11 Days. Above dull purplish darker in the subdorsal region, ringed with green. Below dull yellowish. A dorsal two s.d. and substigmatal line whitish, the s.d.s faint and less clearly marked especially the inferior of the two. Signalet and reflex. Tubo- blackish and indistinctly ringed. A few whitish motting above Ante. Long. lines. Tails and prolegs, black. Head and anterior shield. Single (mation) 6 mm. After second month- May 22 7 days Much as before the markings more distinct- especially the dorsal and lateral lines and the set. Tubers. Purple shades most prominent in region of stigmata. L. 10 mm. After third month- May 28 4½ slugs. Markings as before but more distinct - esp. the sub. stig. line which is faint on anterior legs. Two white ringed. set. Tub. placed diag. antero → inf. post. very distinct. 2 similarly placed in dorsal region. lat. to dorsal line, somewhat less. 25. Others indistinct. Legs with an external neutral shade and a few black pts. Pleura black. Head and anal seg. light brown. Color above (and below) on 1-3) dull rather rich purple ringed w. green. rep. dorsally. Below light green. 2. a blotch of purple below the stigmatal line on each segment Dorsal lines as a bluish tinge - L. # rep. by 1 on 123 and 2nd placed diag. on 224

After 4½ month - June 2 5:30 Marked as Infan but less distinctly: colors more dull and ground color darker. L. 26 mm After 5½ month. June 8 Mallin Larvae. green Dull blackish, with lateral dull purple stipes. Dorsal streak indistinct bluish, white somewhat irregular. Dorsal and sub.d. lines worn but quite tolerably distinct. The upper edd above and below with blackish. Lateral streak clearly white w. a bluish tinge. Stigmata black. 2st tub. fine black pt. ringed with bluish, white, more below the lat. line more distinct. Head blackish ant. light shining brown port. The superior s.d. lines cut. The Vl. black Frontal shield very distinctly. From elod Cap. slightly head large L 35-30 mm.

2 Scopulosa Walkeri. Eggs laid as in preceding species and both these and the young larvae indistinguishable from it. Eggs hatched May 5. After first moult- May 15 M.- distinguishable from (1). After second Moult- May. 23 (Somewhat darker and more tinged w. dull purple head much darker. Down subcutaneous lines much less distinct. But veins to N°1 almost.) M.-separable After third moult- May 29. M.- separable Somewhat darker best distinctly marked dorsally than N°1. After 4th moult- June 5. Much darker dorsally than N°1 being a violet almost black purple: the s.d. lines hardly visible and the d. line faint: the lateral line heavy and clear contrasting white in 22 & 23 (Winged) D. purple. Set. tub. smaller than in 1. inferior Pupillate shades more pronounced frontal head blacker feet white

After 5 month- June 10 Much richer than 1 or 4. Above velvety black tinged w. green and The dorsal and sub. dorsal lines barely indicated. 1st. Tub. Barely visible except Ventral The cut. line which is clear Contrasting white (dif from 4 in being white and 1 in being heavier and much clearer without bluish Tinge) somewhat oblit. on 234 11 12. Frontal plate shield having. sup. s.d. line clear & contin - Ventral Tinged w. yellow, Beneath bluish green. Cub lateral (and ventral on 1-4) pink shades. L. Form as in 1 a little stout. Head coin 1 but more broadly dip port. D. Left horn.

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3 Scopelosoma vinulentum Egg laid as before. Hatched May 9. Young larva as in (1) perhaps a little lighter, but- varying in shade. After first moult. May [illegible] Much as in (1) S. vinul. with little purple lateral shading and black light. After second moult.- Purple shades on 1-4 confined to the region included by the lateral and supr subdorsal line. The inf. s.d. line, barely visible. Dorsal portion distinctly blue-green divided by a dorsal line more continuous and larger but less contrasting than in (1) (may) 2 green: below light green. 10 m. Head light brown dark ant. After 3rd moult.- Much as refer The purple duller and clearly defined. Dorsal and lateral lines more distinct. Head shining brow. inf.s.d. line only indicated by a faint distinct markings in the purple. After 4th moult-

Darker and brighter lines now do The dorsal parts slightly tinged w. purple Lat. line very [illegible] distinct contrasting above Renal tubs bluish green ex. 1-4 Tinged w. purpling S.d. only indicated ex. 1-2-3 else as before. 25 m - 3rd dark tinge red brow 5th month June 13. Mature Lanes dark. Dorsal parts olive green somewhat mottled. tub distinct. Betw. s.d. cup, and lat. dirty wine color inf. s.d. line marked by a few dots. Dalmace c. lines distinct suffused s. purplish. Renal tubs liv'd. 1-4 red purple else as before. phys dark brow

4. Scopelosoma 3-stigmal. Eggs as in N°1. Laid May 5-et-sq. Young Larva does not differ from N°1. After First Moult. May 16. 11 Days. Not separable from N°1. After second moult. May. 22. Nt. exp. from N°1. L. 11. After 3° Moult May 28. I inst. begin of a decided difference from N°1. Color similarly but noticeably more richly brightly. The lines and spots more distinct- the white raised tubercles in the dorsal region lying beside the dors. line and placed +:+: I had |+:+| differ from 1 decidedly the upper being larger & distinct. The cross, small and indistinct. Else as in N°1 osm. stg. L. 15. After 4° moult June 3 Lighter than N°1 more clearly marked: the set. Tub. above mentioned of the same size but not much larger than in N°1. The lines clear Cat. moderately heavy 25 mm.

Apr 5E mott. June 8. Matrin Larva Much like(!) and readily mistaken for it but differing in its richer rd purple Color more indistinct & s.d. streaks Color more uniform appearing spotted when ws'd at length. The most noticeable difference is in The lateral band which becomes much broader post. and tinged w. orange yellord On the frontal shield The sup. sub.d. line does not extend out. To read and is much less distinct. The st. tub. under a glass are smaller somewhat larger. Entered earth June 16

5. Scopulosoma devia. Eggs as in 1 Hatched May Young larvae milky (had black, legs protyps, shield on 1 and 1/2 Weeks. L. 2 mm After 1st month- May 27. Milky white clearer than before black parts contrasting: utty lit. black. A faint-purple caudal and dorsal tinge L. After 2nd month- May Much as in viminalis (Lam 25.) but paler. After 3rd month- Palmer Lighter than any of the other species but nearest viminalis from which it differs decidedly, by a totally distinct subdorsal line and by the absence of purple shades on by 1-3 except just above the Lat. white line: dorsal emp. light & bluish green mottled with whitish. Lower parts very light. Protopy only, black shield black

After 4th month - June. 10 Very like vinulenta but paler. Above greenish white w. a blurred wing mottled with darker oliv shads. Dorsal and sub. dorsal lines distinct- [The latter slightly larger and very distinct in frontal plate] both edged w. darker shads and contrasting The space region betw. The sup. s.d. and Cat. lines is dark, olive green tinged w. purple and darker infer. and w. a few white dots. Salaral line somewhat broader than vinul. but less clear Slight purple rings at base of prolegs which are black. Head much lighter than vinul. and w. black frontally After 5th month - June 15. Malina Larva. (See Cat. pupae.)

6. Calocampa impera Eggs Laid in patches on Strawberry etc. Flattened Hatched May 7. Young Larva 125 days. Light-purplish blackish posteriorly. Body sparsely covered with blackish or dark-brown setigerous tubercles. Head light brown. Beneath greenish. Setae moderately long curved black. Feet black. Prolegs greenish. After eating, bluish green Black Tub. very distinct. Second Stage. May 17. Dark green above light green tinged w. yellow below. Dorsal o.d. and broad lateral whitish stripes. Black dots as before but distinct. Head lighter than numerous black dots. Very slender 10 mm. Third Stage May 26. (6½ gm.) d. 2s.d. 2nd last creamy white. Above tinged w. blackish. Head thickly mottled w. brown. Lips w. a dirty spot. Patches. Setae before, 15 mm. Black dots very indistinct but broadly winged w. British 4th Stage June 1

4th Stage June 1st- Much as before colors and contrasts more distinct. The larvae in this stage acquires the hue of the two posterior pairs of legs previously rudimentary. Specimens vary much in intensity of color some having the superior edging of the lateral line almost black. Black dots hardly visible rings broad. 5th Stage - June 5- Lateral, dorsal and sub. dorsal lines creamy yellow The first contrasting strongly with a black edge. Edges. Stigm. Tinged w. orange. Varies from almost black green above to light grass green. On each side the dorsal line are 3 contrasting white dots The middle one placed internally except on 1 (now) and 12 (1) or 223. The central dot is moved post. opposite the post ant. spot. One or more white dots erased by. before ed. counting in some. Head light green S. horn smelling. 6th stage June 10.

6 2 stp of S. Devi's) Mant vinulenta but a blacker looking lower. A broad dorsal black band mottled ill defined attenuated intureg and including the hardly visible light dorsal streak, Rest of d. surf. greenish grey & blacknoted Sup. s.d. broadly edged w. black but very indistinct on anal and 1st g. Lat line clearly defined white w. a few black spots mottling below this catly black mottling to legs. Remainder light greenish grey black Head cut. blacker than vinulenta

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7. Calocampa cunimacada. Eggs asin supra. Hatched May 8. First Stage. Not separable from supra except that when removed from the black tubercles much less distinct, viz. in orange. Second Stage May. Nº 7. Marasmalus vintilator. Eggs laid on sumac. June 5. Cream color soon changing to reddish by the appearance of numerous reddish dots. Hatched June 10. Light green a dirty yellow green with black at. tub. Front, black tapering hairs, 2 dorsal 2 o.d. and 2 p. rows. Head jet black. Legs and prolegs blackish at base. Frontal shield black. About 3 mm. Legs normal 5 pairs 3 pspry.

Second Stage June 15. Light yellowish the intestine and contents showing a Vturn. The sub.d. rows of spots most conspicuous. The upper and lateral. Each row of spots (ex dorsal) includes two on each segment. Head greenish yellow with a lateral ¼ circle of clearly set black dots. Pleus light green. L. 4.5 mm. Short tap. part. Head somewhat retractile. Third stage June 20. Powdery greenish white. all the dots but the sub.dorsal and sub.stigmalat are faintly visible. The latter very large and contrasting The sub.stig. spots on 223 smaller and placed sup. Disty: A large of gamboge yellow blotch between the two rows of spots on each segment. Head greenish yellow. Row of spots on last reduced. Pleus light green. Else normal. Short and tap part. Normal. L. 7mm. 4th Stage June 24. As before while spots larger, round. Yellow marks on greenish 1st pair of prolegs and ant. 1 yellow. Whitish portions fimbriated w. sprin.

5-5 Slago June 29 Mature Larva. Spot much larger and reduced to a S.d. [illegible] Two or each segment the ant. about 27 as Carps as posterior, and a stigmatal nod Each spot round including a stigma. Anal plate and frontal plate of 1 black V Calter termination externally and anteriorly in. Two black dots. A black dot at base of lips, And two of prolegs a large black Calter Rectangular patch or read largest diam. Trans. Else as before. A fine white Calter line. Mature July 3 went into more July 5.

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8 Calocampa einitta. Homoptera minerea. Eggs laid on maple and will ow May 29. Flattened finely not-deeply ribbed dark oblong egg Blue. Hatched June .7 A.m. First Stage Dark rather dirty green. The 7 postclytric legs dorsally and distally reddish 3.54. dirty yellow. A broad calcaral dirty whitish band. Ventral p. dirty reddish lead light brown with a few hairs and ventral continuous dark lateral dots. Body covered sparsely w. fine black set. Tubercles bristly, very blunt straight hairs. Legs and protop legs light straw color Second Stage. June 11. Dull Mackin green. Sub dorsal region of the 9 post zys dull reddish (glass) and indistinct. Light calcaral & 2 odorsal, and a darker dorsal line. Black points as before - Head whitish hairy. L. 15 mm. Third stage June 14. Somewhat darker than before Else 2am. 19mm 4th stage June 19.

Packardia geminata ? Egg laid June 20 oak. Hatched July 2 . 12 days.

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No 9. Crociographa Romanii Eggs on strawberry May 30. sy. Light grass green a short time after deposition a reddish blotch appears at upper pole which is encircled by a similar red band the rest- completely. [illegible] Let chickward rapidly but fed on oak. Egg hatched June 5. First Stage. June 5. Light grass green: paler inf. Large Black setif. tub. bearing black curved Lains 2 subdorsal placed longitud. The post. placed externally Another placed anteriorly below. The s.d. and c. rejoins a lateral placed centrally. Head light straw color with a lateral black patch. Prolegs and legs light Green wd. Total Blackish Wings. L. 4 mm. Second Stage. June 9: A dorsal sub d. and nod let white line else as before 7.5mm. Third Stage June 11

Bluish green abov; space betw. S.d. and lat. much darker than dorsal. Lines more distinct edg w. denkingsp. Lat. gen. double. Head light green tinged w. rown w. numerous small brown dots and two large lateral black patches. Set. Tub. white ringed . 13 mm 4th Stage June 14. Color duller than previous: dorsal part Ting w. Brown. The lateral line distinctly double except intersegmentally. 21 mm 5th Stage June 20 Reddish brown dorsally variegated a pair of brown dorsal black dots on each seg. dorsal line blackish edged S.d. region blackish mottled deeper inf. cm? Lat double line which is tinged w. yellow. S.d. line moderately distinct. 2 black sub lat dots placed diag sup → front. Distinguish blackish bluish shade Dut. lat and often Jbut. Head light brown S. Large double medial transversal pale and dark brown lat protub. 26 mm.

6th Stage Jun 26. Mahin Landa. As in preceding stage: the markings ill defined and the lanza shading from reddish yellowish. On 30 mm.

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Nº 10 Homoptera l.-lineata Eggs Laid June 1. Color like Nº8. Willow- Hatched June 9. First Stage Dark green ant. Last 5-6 days tinged w. yellow a lateral and 2 subdorsal whitish streaks else as in minuera - Second Stage. June 12 Pararggia On elm June 17. Body black. Lophodonta angulosa- Eggs Laid June 20. on oak htd. July 6 Yellow green dorsal painted a s d and broad inner lateral line dull purp. Black. Head black anal lop elongate

2' stage 1st month - Jul 13. Light bluish green above with a somewhat wrinkled appearance. 2 s.d. light stripes: an indist. yellow dorsal lateral band. S. L. part extending to lips, dull red with light points. Head and prolegs black. An elevation on dors. 11. Elbogat. Last 3 legs raised. 13 mm. 3' stage. 2nd month - July 19 A clear bluish green dorsal line on either side a broad bluish white band. a narrow sub. dorsal bluish white line edged above and below w. bluish Green and an inferior irregular finer broken line, a clear greenish yellow stigmatal line, edged above s.d. dull red. Sub. lateral irregular dull reddish marks. A 2-tipped prominence on 1st leg (s. d.). Stig. green. prolegs black legs w. an ext. black patch. Rest without elevation body. 2. 18.

4th stage. Jul. 24 24. Lateral (etymatal) line very clean edged above and below w. red. A long, sub stigm. red slash on 1-9 med. Above bluish green white a dorsal blue green line. 2 o.d. white lines edged w. blue green. Protop black. Legs green. Head blue green w. darker notching from all as if 27 mm. 5th stage July 29. Mature Larva Lateral yellows and more heavily edged w. purplish red 2nd s.d. line = many yellow spots. A number of yellow spots on inf. suff. Red slashes less conspicuous on 1-9g and 11. Small bifid prominent on 11 orange Etyym yellows. Head green notched w. blunt white edged (externally &) internally w. yellow. Crown in mozz Aug 8.

Nº 11 Manistre roses Eggs laid June 9. white & a bluish tinge. Hatched June 14. Rather rich yellow green. A row of s.d. almost d. black set. tub. (brainy black short hairs) at length. 2 on each egg. 3 sin. ops tub. placed lat on each egg | part. faint transv. 2 or 1-3 all placed laterally transv. had light green hour somewhat mothd and w. a lot crescent of 4 black dots closely set. L. 4.5. 2° Stage June 20. Black tub. minute. Color less vivid. A dorsal. 2 set d. and a lot. light streak. Else as before Hinders Arm. 3° Stage June 26 As before but the lines more distinct- Edj w. dark green. Lat. heavy: Apple green 15 mm. 4° stage June 30

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Nº 12. Eu by je Luermania thin green Eggs laid June 9. Cup shaped with a crown of white dots and a central green spot. O Hatched June 24 ! 15 days! Heterocampa - mar thetic Laid July 11. Hatched Jul 20

Nº 13 Gluphisia 3-lineata. Eggs laid June 10. Apatula Lobelia Egg laid. Jun Hatched Jun 22 Light green, Eggs 1,3-4, 7,8,11 dull and purple dorsally. Numerous long black hairs Head light green w. a few brownish marks 2.5 mm 2nd Stage June 25. Colors darker head w. large lateral black patches. 4 mm 3rd Stage June 28. Adorsal yellows line broken on 4, dors. 1,3,4,7,8,11 dark brown somewhat mottled. Introducing eggs yellow lateral portions yellows green: set tub. brown mottled A broken S.D. yellows line. Hairs long black ex. lateral grey. Head yellows w. Two supernumerary points against black spots and two carpin [illegible] 9 mm.

4th Stage July 1. 5th Jul. 5.

6= slaje Jul 9 7= st. Juk 14

Marasmalus histrio All stages found on Summac July 10. '13. [illegible] Light yellows green without visible marks Taping part. L. 8 mm. 2d stage Greener anteriorly and more truncated. A faint s.d. and l. line. A few faint white dots scattered over body. Head yellow green & an analimal crescent of black pts. L. 5mm 3d stage Longitudinal lines, and dots distinct. Body much swollen anteriorly somewhat like papillae L. 9 mm 4E stage More distinctly marked and darker green [illegible] L. 15 mm.

Maluta lansa 5th stage. The sub. dorsal (almost dorsal) lines heavy indistinct on the most anterior segments. A faint ill defined stipulated yellowish striped. Stipitate lips orange. Body! sparsely covered with flat whitish or yellowish pronouncements of irregular size and shape. Apple green thoroughly tinged w. yellow antimovly. Legs pale and vivid green. Attached anteriorly: tapering port.- L. 22 m Crown in leaves of blackbir silk -

Chandria propinquilinea Laid 167 Hid Jul 19 Very like dendros but darker Light green much darker cup. 'a s.d. row of large clear and spots about on 11 12 Each seg. w. a length trans. row of set Tub.- Of which the s.d. spots are some very very long rains. Rect. 52 cm 1/1, 1/2. Short Ventral tuber long, a somewhat whit. s.d. and lat. yellowish line. Head livid w. a red reddish palatus. 2. 2. 5 mm. 2' Stage July 24 Much as before darker w. blackish anterior Tings. 4 mm.

Ichthyurus induratus Pack. Found singly in cases on willows. Will eat poplar. Very like strijosa but the yellow wart more conspicuous. Markings much as in strijosa but less distinct and this varying considerably never so dark as strijosa type. Separable at once by its black stigmata and brown head the head of strijosa invariably black even in the white examples. Cocoon Sept. Damage May-June. 2 brood Any. Head sometimes nearly black but dull black. Stigmata invariable 13 examined.

Heterocampia "bimaculata" Ld X 11. Oct 19. Eggs light-blueish green - Dull reddish brown w. many fine longit. Eight stripes. Dullit. dorsal yellows shadings. esp on 11. Head dull black. A remarkable 3 branched toothed projection from ant. 1 The branches curved and erect spiny; then proj. connected by a sholier Cra. 4 C. 11 12 a pair of similar unbranched projections from on 5. The shortest. L. 4.5. 2' Stage July 23. Red brown variegated with yellow. A dorsal yellow line salient into a lozenge shaped patch on 4-7 inch again widening from post 8 To anal lipo - mottled w. red: a wedge shaped red patch on 11-12. dorsal - Head dark red. 9mm. L. 8 3' stage July 28. Lozenge patch clearer and larger creamy with somewhat intricate fine and figures. Dorsal band broken part on 5. Remaining portions marked w. intricate fine alternately red and yellowish lines longitudinally wedge shaped patches on 11-12 similarly noted around anterally. Head large and thick reddish-brown 12 mm.

4th stage Aug. 8 As before: the red predominating, and the posterior wedge shaped patch indicated by two converging (port.) red lines. A faint broad sub. stig. line 5th stage Aug. 9. Mature Larva. The typ.-larva is green -

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Helicorampa Martharia Laid Jn. 11 1942 20. Light green with a much broken dorsal red band. A pair of projections on ant 1 rd - yellow at base. Anal pair 3 cups dwell. as in cerura red and bright yellow alt. extirside L. 6 mm to tip tail 10.5 mm 2° Stage Jul 25.- Dorsal band continuous, enlarged centrally on Each segment noticeably on T & 10 in 2nd turns Paint one oblique lateral line from a S.D. yellowish line from ant. of 1 seg. 25 the same S.C. portion of the 2 posterior 15 it. 20-3 Seg. red dots. And yellowish. 3° Stage Aug, 1. Dorsal line broken contracted intersegmentally mostly edged w. yellow. Fuzzy compound w. minute black points. A calimat stipulated red & red spots edged w. yellow waiting in many is 46911 those on 4th generally double. Hind Triangular green edged is: red and cotton, w. yellowed. Tail slender L. 18 mm Tail 5 mm

4= blaze Aug 8- Much as before: the day. streaks more distinct and the lateral red spots less frequently present 5th Blaze Malum Canon Aug 17. Light apple green often tinged with blue creamy A clearly defined heavy white or reddish dorsal line. (The lateral red spots rarely present in none of this brood). showing a tendency in some specimens to enlarge or legs 46/110/11. Varies very much. In some broad mottled w. pinkish in others fine and nearly white. Head more broadly edged The oblique dash (passing thru stigma) on 3-4 most conspicuous: greenish yellow all. The 8 oblique dash pass down and back to the anus in a subterminal heavy greenish yellow streak. Tails yellowish white to pink 5mz

Powdering of dark dots on inferiorly and near the dorsal line. 40 mm more or less varying much in size. Rests beneath underside of leaf. Turns dull pinkish purple before making a thin cocoon near the surface of the ground in which it hibernates till the middle of June. Damage appearing in July.

Nonagria subflava Larva and pupa in reeders July 25. Dull white tinged with bluish green, without marks except a faint brownish set tub. Wearing, Thorax colorless hairs: 1 larger than the rest just post stigmal on above stig and 2 dorsal pain. The post estimated to the anterior. On 2-3 a transverse row of 10 provides the post stigmatal stigmata white black ringed. Frontal shield dirty light brown indistinct port and est. Head light shining brown w. darker mottling very small. Very long and slender L. 50mm diam abt. 4.5 mm. Larva enters about a foot from the base of reed and eats its way down to base. Returning it enlarges its tunnels to within about two inches of its entrance hole and spins a fine web after Eating a hole in the side of the reed large enough for the larva to escape through it spins a firm web at the summit of it tunnels diagonally across it so that the reed

Carlodarys raimia Egypt laid July 26. N. Dufflaca 20 Aug

Monagria elongata etc. Arzenna diffusa - obliquata - Before last molt. Below livid whitish Dorsal region dull reddish with a central olive tinge. Lateral parts lighter reddish and oblique black. A few dorsal blackish shadows on 1-3 and two elongate black stigmata on the post edge of 11 placed transversely. A longitudinal somewhat irregular subdorsal fumorgle placed slightly diagonally on each segn. Two sub. Latera fumorgles (longitudinal) and a transverse portion and less noticeable anterior fumory on raph segment. A ventral heart shaped depression on each segments. Frontal shield light brown w. central whitish line and two anterior white depressions. Head dark shining brown. A few minute black points scattered on body. Many minute black hairs. A circle above anus somewhat Conger. Flatland Tegmina slightly and elongates. The muscle less so than subflap of which it bears little resemblance.

Malvin Larse Mrs Plattind then before. Color dead bluish black with a very faint ring of reddish brownally. Lighter beneath. No body to color. Head almost black mahogany also partial blind. Anatomy of legs study up. Stimuli on seg. 11 very interesting probably good. Feeds within of Typha tumowing into Van of red.

Sphida obliqua ? In pickerel weed. Hardly separable from the above average smaller with a tinge of olive green. A hundred found Sep 10-20 also in burr reed. Same anatomy (curious arrangement of ladder like tracheae) Eats in leaf stems and plant stems: might have found hundreds.

Apatite occiduatae. On Apple. If the lobelian group the larva having Muscana habit - but- only approaching the same coloring in its early stages. Mature larva rest on Twig. under glass seen to be powdered w. black pts. A broad dorsal bluish black band ending in a large hump on leg 11. Edg. ant. On ey 4-10 inclusive is a peculiar shaped ornament. consisting of a velvety- black ground in which are included six epts: two placed longitudinally forming a dorsal row of dark orange epts. (almost connected on 9-10) Two burnished blue black epts placed externally to the posterior end of each antennae orange ept. And externally of all a straw colored ept forming a s.d. row. A broad s.d. pale lilac band broken by the dorsal ornament and a much narrower and less bright

Suprastigmal one. Whole lateral portions very pale purplish thickly powdered with black atoms (under glass). A yellowish tubercle bearing several brownish hairs just above behind and below the blade stipules, and another much larger one at base of leaves. A fine dorsal yellowish line on 1-3 and a transverse row of tubercles bearing long yellowish brown hairs there on 1 projecting horizontally forward. Head dull red post fading into dull black and: An anvil shaped anterior mark. Prolegs black. L. 35mm. Cocoons Sept 20-31. 7 specimens on Apple. Determined from drawing and by Riley -

Heliocampa gultivitta. Eggs light-bluish green. June 15—Naieted 27. Feeds on oak, apple, walnut. (Linalin) Dull red with an ill defined yellowish dorsal patch on 9-211. Two 4-branched spinous projections placed sub-dorsally on 1 and a subdorsal row of 2-jointed spines on Sy. 4 & Most posterior S.T. Each branch fine hairs at apex. 3 mm. 2° Stage. July 2. Dity reddish greenish yellow or faint red legs. A sub-dorsal greenish yellow line. All spines some except two points on s.d. 1. 8 mm. 3° Stage. Jul. 6. Yellowish green with red wings. A s.d. yellow and white band broken on 6 by a reddish mark running out to front pair of legs. A red mark runs diag. up and forward from toes 45 pair. Last pair of legs red. Various reddish marks dorsally. 3.15 segs. much mottled red. head greenish with a double red brown line from

jaws to apex on outer side. Usual habit of heterocamph. L. 12mm 45 July 13 Varin from dark apple green & reddish A s. lateral cream colored band you not ext 5/1. A nd dorsal band on 2 2 3 include a fine dorsal white stripe the band in some examples splits on 4 and extends posteriorly enlarging to the usual large red dorsal patch on 6 7 8 which in some extends down to 1st pair of legs and in others is edged by s. d. line below which it does not extend. The red dorsal marks are indistinct and deeply indented ant. 2 post more or ant. wh exit back to The middle wing field is D. cream color which may extend forward in a loop to 3 - Some specimens have various lateral red marks and - stipulated yellowish stripes about 2/3 - 2 short dorsal proje. of 1 edged D. cream color a gray red mark extends to 4th pair legs. A lateral red mark butts 10 4 11 - and a a red

mark run's diaj - down and forward 5-8 pain prolegs. Subject to great variation in and of red, Head Carap w. a triple band of black yellow & red laterally red being External 20 mm.-

84. Apalita sp. Egg laid on glass. June 15.- Hatched June 20. June Lam a. Lifter greenish with a rod of large, stiff tub. placed transversely on each leg. Dorsal long blackish hairs. Three tubercles on 478 mmeters. Causar blinding and forming transverse red patches. A Red branch on 11. (traddelind). L. 2.5 mm. First month - July 5. Stout. dull green. The reddish blotches large, confined to dorsal & sub-dorsal regions in S.D. & D reg. colourless glair. Bufft brown black long about hairs Head: w. darker in Duttrips- 4.5 mm 2nd month July 10. Brighter green - Beneath yellowish. Peltotus not- as well marked as before the S.D. & D. Intercles post 2 surrounded with irreg. blackish writings: forming an irregular & ill defined dorsal & s.d Band -

3rd march - July 16. The dark portions predominate having a lateral sub d. and slender dorsal bands. The two former including on each eye post 3 a black tubercle - The tubercles bear very short black hairs among shorter 2 more numerous whitish ones and form with the irregular reddish black mottling in which connects them comprising a remarkably well defined dorsal and s.d. band and yellowish with a post. superior black circular or crescent shaped spot marks. Variate quinque yellow - a few s.d. laterally - 2or3 yellow posterior tangs in post portion of s.d. & ground line - 45 July 20 Varies from a form wholly blackish with linear whitish mottlings, a whitish lateral and dorsal traceable sub d. line with black head obviously mottled Form in which quinque white predominates. The lateral ad s.d. bands being very distinct - with a few black points. Remarks: There is a fairly well marked dorsal streak contained in the broad mottled black and yellowish dorsal band. A band similar to this separates the s.d. & lateral lines; head straw color & a few black points. Both forms densely clothed with stiff whitish bristle hairs each tubercle

containing [illegible] - [illegible] (black hairs than Stewart). L. 11 mm. In some specimens the s.d. band has decided orange and bright yellow tint postnuchal. 5th instar July 25. Varis somewhat two not much in shade. Bluish black mottled with white lines and dots, lighter dorsalia Vit. S.d. and lat. lines scarcely marked in most The former often indistinct and varying in shade from cream color to orange: not traceable on ant. legs. The lat. line well defined varying from cream to yellow This is sub.-stipulata. Stipae black ringed - bred black Generally 2-3 sup. and yellowish brown palpi. a portal V mark. Short tap. post. L. 18 mm. 5th instar July 31, Neotoma [illegible] - Black with an orange substipulatal band which varies in individuals and is hardly noticeable in some in none it very conspicuous. Stipulae contrasting white else entirely black. Hardly separable from [illegible] to which it shows this sp. very closely related. Differs in the absence of any signs of s.d. marks on post. legs and by the absence of any intramural of finer hairs with the dorsal [illegible]. 28 mm. Short taper. post. of Neotoma type. Spinos coxom like this 2nd instar Aug. 9 '84 - period 55 days or so [illegible]. Imagoes in Bolton May 23 '85

Apatela Suprans. Egg on glass - June 29. Hatched July 6. .Fed readily on poplar. Somewhat slender. Light green w. tufts of stiff blackish hairs. On 1,4,7,8,11 a transv & s.d. band? Dorsal band? Head greenish yellow, hairy with a few brownish spots. Set. tub. black small. - 2. 2.5 mm. First moult- July 13 Pale bluish green. The dorsal wart is prominent from blackish, and forming rudimentary of two dorsal rows of points. A sub. dorsal row of blackish tubercles and two smaller lateral ones. Head greenish with large reddish black patches. - 2. 4.5 mm. Second Moult July 17 (Thursday) Bluish green. A dorsal white line. Large lozengy shaped patches on 4,7,11 extending to middle of adjacent segs. Except post on 4. A smaller somewhat rectangular patch

Verte 22B (dorsal) The dorsal line runs thru all these and is edge more or less continuously & unwovenly w. same color. The upper subdorsal rows of tubercles lying at 4 are broadly edged with white. Head whitish w. 4 ant 2 post black patterns and a post sup, at Hack St. Tubercles Hack- 30 Jul 22— terminating all in a line A broad dorsal midrib brown band containing a rather fine midline defined central dorsal streak which is continued beyond 11 frames in brown. The o.d. white line sufficiently clear, partly containing the upper rows of tubercles which are large round polished & black smaller 2 less clear or 2,3,10. A very fine whitish stipulated streak. The remaining parts blue green w. black tubercles of varying size lying a few lain those of the last 22 post days (dorsally) very long. Patterns in band larger. 11hr. 45 Jul 25— (4) The larva did not flourish after this month and died without growing much. Seems to be delicate and need fresh air.

Orgyia definita Packr. Body ordinary lutes. Inflid as in "Cecicistigma" - Pale straw yellow. The dorsal long pencil on II black with a basal sheath of straw color fading into pale brown hairs The wedge shaped lutes on 4-7 inch - bright straw yellow: The two middle ones (continually) and a black median dorsal stripe from the post. one to the pencil on II. This median strip is the support of straw yellow The other lutes. The pencils on I black. The stern lutes and portion of body (including head) and body pale straw yellow - September 4. on oak rizati various Stee plants. Image September - 4.

Barkodes Dissected - Apr 15 monochromatic T2 - unpropagated Eggs July 13 Hatched July 25. Other sunflowers did not flourish on this sand, cat, bread, chickweed etc. Dark apple green yellowish posteriorly, head light-brown - with blackish spots. A few black set. Tub - creaming with curved colorous hairs. Last 3 pro. flies. Only perfect Legs 2 prolegs colorless L. 2.5. Feed on sunflowers.

Apatela dissicla Found about two-welt on maple (rubra) Sept. 4, 1884 - on Cutti Hand. Ground color light yellow tinged with purple above. D.2.S.D. = So that the d. and s.d.- regions clearly marked from the others. S.B. S.D. regions clearly defined from the rest. Body crossed by light-yellow lines which form a network laterally and are strongly tinged with purplish Dorsally 2 S.D. Then alternate with less regular transverse bands which are black d.2.S.D. and dull greenish in the lateral & ventral regions where they form meshes with the yellow ones. There are two rows of dorsal tubercles & the smaller transverse about 1/4th the larger & stout. Dark matter Each row being composed of two tubs. on each segment. The anterior set larger and set slightly nearer

Vt medican dorsal line, except on syg2-3 &ll where Vntubes are placed Tranversely, and the last seg. when Smaller The larger tubercle is wanting/ / [illegible] Tubercle are somewhat dull coral red and mean short stiff black bristles the longer about 6 the smaller 4. There is also a // except and Seg- 1 where there are 4 small yellow tub. (8 in all). On either side of a median dorsal white band: The antennae pairs being a single rather long white, [illegible] The posterior pairs a shorter black bristle. In the dorsal space between the 2 antennae dorsal tubercles on each seg. are two conspicuous somewhat irregular black spots formed from the interruption of the transverse

strap Black bands - The palto about three lubercles are strongly striped w. red purple. - There is also a sub. rows of orange and tubercles having two or 3 long yellowish white lines And above several tubo-yellowish Tub in the lat. 28. C. regions being shorter whitish lines - Stigmate- Black. Head yellowish freckled w. yellow brown and a few darker patelus. Lips & prolegs yellowish - L. 25 mm. Palatine slender Tarp. alt. pat. Rests head bent round like femoralis or osata. Spun Sep 11. The color and ornamentation (p.25). Pass a superficial seem blanc to Olypia and Endryas.

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"Arctian" - Scopris fulviviolleis - Found resting on grass at Stillington Point, N. Y. Laying hibernated. April 26, 1853. Body black with will sub dorsal and sub stigmate Creamy white narrow bands the cutting ridging on Leg 10. A median dorsal row of nine pairs of jet black tufts from leg 4 to 11 inclusive Turn or 11 placed longit. The rest heaviest. The Sub dorsal region is occupied by tufts of yellow hairs with a few black ones mixed especially below next the stigmateal region which is clothed with jet black tufts The Posterior segments together with the sub-stig are clothed with whitish tufts. The thorax and legs are clothed partially to black bands white. Head dull shining and w. an anterior cuticle Black D. Diet and lay dull covered. prolyps black. Stout L. 30mm. Easily mistaken for Halisidote maculata minus Hi pencil tufts - Eat grass and spin May 1. Changed My 7. Imago May.

Orgyia definita Eggs Sept. 1874. Hatched May 31. 5♀ Out of Egg. Dull Straw color. a dorsal double row of tubercles which are blackish on 4567 especially and slightly on 91011 A sub.d. row w. minute black pts at base of hairs defining with a very prominent tubercle on right side of Seg. I. Hairs of abrws slightly Tinged. Lateral and lower tubercles smaller being shorter white hairs. S. d. and d. Ec. 4567 brown Very long hairs (twice as long as Carpa Sim halcted). 2.3 mm -

September Transfusion Larva on Hammandis virginica . jun 15-? at Malapen Mass. Color pale gamboge yellow running into more or less livid white between the Segments. The first, and last two segments entirely livid white. Legs & protop livid. Stigmata white, black ringed elliptical - A few very minute pristly hairs arising from faintly indicated (dotted) points. Head shining very slightly tinged and mottled with light brown - A singular looking saw fly like Larva resting with the head bent down sides as in Sybline to which it is probably allied and curling up when landed 30 mm. Only slightly lay-out. Cocoon at Sugar J'early June 24.

Rared at 98° abt. for days. Larva B. Acronycta Near mortivaga larvæ. Jun 19. Six eggs. 4 hatched 27-8 (Period) f. hatch, eggs. 26-7 days Larva w/mend i watch box in water Pobt's last stage. 1st stage. Segmenti: [illegible] colored dorsally a dirty shining middish brown. Seg 2 more yellowish lighter. A double dorsal row of large, several hand tubercles there on 2569 dirty brown bounded with dull white patches on either side. The corny, flat. Nucle smaller on 10 large on 11 and stiff haired. Lateral and ventral region, dirty white. The sub dorsal region & the acroloid segments dirty yellow brown. Head dirty dull reddish. Dorsal arm blackish procurred d.d., rounded, short lateral style short, nearly straight (stigmata black hypo wings). Hairs under high, down flecked w. whitish. Anal seg- dirty whitish with darker tubercles. L. 2.5. mm. Bummore type. 2nd stage - July 1. The red brown stain duller and more extended laterally on all the segments. The light portions less marked and surrounded or by the red, less on dorsal 10. The whitish portion dirty speckled, less will marked. Head less much as before, the hairs shorter and stiffer in proportion. L. 5mm. 3rd stage July 4. Color more suffused darker. No dorsal light-patch on 10 [illegible] defined. An ill-defined lateral light stripe.

4^st Stage July 8- Bristly Black tipped with a few light and more slender hairs interspersed. A well defined sub-stigmatic orange yellow band slightly suffused post. and blot sated anteriorly. 2 well defined elongate (large) orange yellow spots on d or nearly s.d. / D. Tubercles 11 prominent. Body dull black the tubercles per interna Lateral in brown by set. tub. on each 2e.g. Head sublittled 10.5 - mm- 5^st Stage- July (Sat. A.M.) All the Tubercle narrowly ringed with whitish and the blackish portions dotted and mottled sparsely with whitish. The lateral s.stig line near heavy-orange. Under portions mottled w. yellowish Dorsal pattern 10 clearly defined-orange. Head nearly black w.few mottlings and two diverging ant. left lines 2.14 mm. 6^st Stage. July 13-14. Sep Interruption of finer light hairs on 5-9 divides the sub.dorsal and s.d. (Vermis) legs in 3^st the lower quite abruptly from the legs ant. 2 post to them: in one the gradation is more gradual. The legs ant. to these (5-9) have also an interruption of similar hairs which are smoky almost black. These hairs have a viscous look and not- straight (rigid) but tend to curl and are thickly set with sharp-pointed projections almost-injct after ves

The coloring is as in previous stage. The ground color a clear black. The tubercles not ringed. The lateral line heavy. It's signals more distinct & contrasting white. Head Hacker. A few black hairs on seg. 2 much longer than the rest. Legs and prolegs black - yellowish wolting (under parts more distinctly yellow). Apatea non noticera. Maltin Laws - July 18. Tegument Antennae and post. dorsal tuffs not defined by the color of the fine hairs. These later all more or less tinged w. dusky blackish to less posteriorly (ant. !). Body color less clear black. A suff. manifest dorsal velvety black band varying much in distinctness and lately bleeding anteriorly beyond 4/5s. The two dorsal or sub. dorsal yellow orange patches on 10 distinct; in some continued anteriorly on each segment by a yellowish orange shade gradually disappearing anteriorly (first beyond 7th segment) Sub stigmatal orange band varying in distinctness (8th not ant. to 4). Stigmata clear contrasting white Head nearly black shining, jaws white - palp black (Subdels much light shining) ... S. Spun July 24 25 - cocoon of blackish silk.

Orgyia definite Pack. Tufted as a "leucosigma". The long pencils black The posterior an sheathed with pale straw colored hair Wedge shaped dorsal tufts on 4-7 but not straight yellow - and, their tubules generally only the two middle ones, sometimes all more or less ringed with black the rings connected by a dorsal black band which runs post to the port pencil. These rings often reduced to mere crescent post the two middle tufts. Often tufts pale whitish or straw color. Dorsal band on 8-11 generally distinct distinctly with dull red blotches appears coney. The colored epithelium (leucosigma) but often almost entirely suffused or obliterated w. straw yellow. Body straw yellow to greenish yellow with more or less distinct green s.d. & distinct green s.d. & distinct green s.d. & distinct green s.d. Lower portion Right green to yellow green. Head 2 by straw color. Magazines July 20 - 30+ 2D - 16B 1/2 grams.

Grapheia B. Lanata Macronectes crassus Larva in stones and rottotoches (Firis versicolor) juli 27. Man Dorlym - brt blontin w. larger head Above reddish and dirty white. The reddish tinge being concentrated in a s.d. band faintly defined inf.- Ventral 2/3 reg. almost wholly reddish above. Dorsally and ventr. dirty white Stigmata blackish well marked. A few minute tubercles being short hairs à stig. 2 sub. stig. ros somewhat larger rounded flat Growth. Shield yellows brown with a slung of darker point on ritten side. anal reg. dirty brownish - Head almost chestnut brown shining. Short ant. tapelifted palate.

Metrarchus o[illegible] July 27 - [illegible] - [illegible] - [illegible] - [illegible] [illegible] 3-linata Matin h. Color blue green. A single sub-dorsal heavy Clearly defined yellow band from head to anus it included dorsal surface whitish. Edges cut. w. dark green. a sub- Stigmatic stitutition on 1-3. Shynate-gellowish Head hyp and protyp green - 2.30 mmvalt. [illegible] was Lophodonta and slender tapering more anteriorly. Freed a populus (luminolides). [illegible] - 40-50 mm - Spin fairly fine evcon.

Geordie Fried on raspberry. Salmonid Newfoundland Aug. - Writ into earth J Aug. 25- Dark green above light- below somewhat tanged with light lilac under glass. An indistinct narrow dorsal dark line. On legs 4-10 inch, a dark salmon quills A patchy dorsal patch the van posterior, set broadly edged sat. with purple, the pattern is ill defined and united with that on II by a dorsal purplish line. Anal plate purple. A stigmalal whitish lines edged below 3. dark green and stained & mottled with purple on 1-3 and 9-10. Legs & prolaps 3. a few reddish dots: head green 5. 5 anterior posterior powdering of reddish nothing in ant post bands. Slender. Few short colours hairs - 48.

On Abies at Salmonier N.H. found the same at Mt. Desert. Rests on under side of twig- Color 1/3 prince green, a heavy median dorsal, and sub-dorsal white chalk defined line. A heavy stigmal band narrowed or broken between the segments, forming a series of pointed ovals one on each segment. The upper and rather smaller half red purple the lower white shading to yellow; an 1-4 thus form a tolerably slit band. A rather heavy green yellow line at the base of each leg and proleg. Legs spotty reddish, head green. Stigmata light brown bisected by the red and white fields which are clearly defined from one another in a straight line. L. 130mm - 1 rather short. Slightly tapering. Entomd Earth Aug.9- prob Andria acrmyctoides - Head mottled whitish & brownish with black points, a light line from base curves down L. 28 mm all died. Salmonier Aug. 16 prob Aculella? Dread black a dorsal row of orange roundish spots 3 or 2.8 L on the rest and forming a continuous line or foot 12 and anal seg. A little nod of ivory out, patellus 4 similar range a patch place post. Each spiracle 2x., or 1 when it is outside and 2.8 when it extends nearly across the segment. Large 45 mm stone top se. ant. Head legs prolegs and spiracles black - Colors were probably brighter was ready to change.

4 found on spruce at Salomons, N.Y. Aug 15 '65. Resting on upper and lower surface of twigs - extended. A very difficult larva to describe with definitives General color a rusty brown varying to almost black and white in two younger ones. A median dorsal whitish often tinged with rusty, line, expanded between legs and contracted in their middle portion when it passes between, but with set. tubercles bearing black and brownish hairs of various length (a little posterior and external (8 dorsal) & these another comma like larger tubercle is situated bearing somewhat longer these tubercles above occurring on the last and 2nd segments. The first mentioned not being absent except for a minute set tubercle in cost portion 2. S.1. The S.D. tubercles of 1 bear short stiff white hack penil tufts and those on 2,3 are longer than the other posterior ones except those on 4 and 11 while bear pencils similar to 1 but longer (nearly twice not quite) about 2 mm. Another round tubercle just above each spiracle also a smaller one just behind and a smaller behind. The 3 half encircling the spiracles. Lastly one at base of each leg. The region about the spiracules is tungent and its just brown in color gives it a green color to the larva - the two younger ones this region was almost black. The tubercles only bring darks clustered to a stem that had wholly interrupted by the wart region formed by a series of somewhat crescent shaped markings cream colored arising just below each spiracle running out Sup. Torest but 24. These onto whit it runs out inf. This creamy mark 5 broadly edged S. black with all it and the cream colored spiral which it partly encircles, contrast. Broad and S.D. intensity, narrow struck darkly together mostly with blackish and dirty white. Below dull brownish with blackish transverse marks. Legs light brown S. blackish patte at base. Probly brown large - [illegible]

Plusia morioctor 8.2- Eggs laid on Blazing Star (Liatris) hatched Aug. Round on one flower after 3rd stage - 1 Aug. First stage. Elongate, light-green with conspicuous black set. tub. bearing such a single slightly cumbred blackish hair - The tubs are 2 S.D. The upper antennae. One sup. stig. conid. sup and slightly ant. Each stig. spiracle. One stigmal post. each spir. One sub. stig. conid. below each sp. another port this and slightly inf. tilt. A small ant. at base of each leg - on median ventral and 3 in position of legs No. 567 (ca.4) On 3 ant and last by this ant. is somewhat modified. Head Green, 2. a few minute hairs. Second stage. As before. Nares and tubercles no longer a single S.D., and sup. stig. white line - less slender Aug.28- Fourth stage. As in 3 but with the two dorsal lines clearly defined running ant. to inner S. do. faintly marked bygotten on u.s. 2. Other lines having more clearly defined very fine outlines. The two dorsals and inner S. do sometimes joined by fine lines. A few white marks and traces of a line between outer S.Ds. and last lines. Tubercles all white tinged head Kind J. Brown. 12am.

5 Stage Sep. 1 - As in previous stage. The lateral line was marked the skin somewhat less. Dorsales, white ringed L. 20 6 stage. Sept 5.- Mature larva. Bright pea green. Four whitish dorsal stripes of long outline. Faintly separated with an indistinct cuticle. Almost tubular, dorsally divided by a pair of whitish slightly suffused lines, continuous after connected, two strips lying either side the clear dark green median dorsal region. A finer brown line clearly marked S.d. (the outer s.d. Dorsal) line tinged w. yellowish. A clearly defined Stigmata band including slightly beyond the last spinal. Strid. green & poly. d. brownish yellow wings. Spiracles brown yellows oval black ringed. Set. tab. as before minute, not white ringed. Remainder of body clear green with a few whitish points and short streaks. Slow tap rapid. ant. Hradnale 35mm Cocoon of fine greyish brown silk very loosely spun in leaf. Pupa usual plusia shape abdomen shaded the polished black brown wing cases Taped S. fren. Eggs Sep. 11th. Image Sep.

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Agrotis (Eurvis) astrata Mw. Eggs laid Aug. 15'. Salomirian N.F. Hatched Aug. 24. Egg 22. flattened, Surface broken by ridges (about 34 many distinct at slight diagonal white lines from inner reticulated ridges about apex formed by thickening a little of Egg - egg, which also connects the above mentioned ridges. First stage. Liquid with green refl. from intestinal contents - A number of clear black (rather large) tubercles w. each a black curved hair. Then are 2 and dorsal the posterior slightly exterior (2) a cup. stigma - just above each spiracle. 3/4 a stigmata just por- Each spiracle, 1/4 sub. Lat., curved below each spiracle Or 2-3 then one forms a row of dots the upper sub-indian dorsal running down and forward to stigmata. with a larger tubercle inside. Below and post to this at base of each proleg. On 1 The brownish fringed plate contains four on either side with a row of lines running from 1 pair of prolegs from its post margin the middle of these ant. spiracle and ant. Vt. Other two - On 5-3 on either side, the median ventral line arranged in D the base part and the other tubercle much the largest. On 4 are 2 con't to post 2 of Vt's. Prolegs light-brown yellowish - brown ringed or partly ringed with black & w. few short hairs. Head with w. few black dots, many short hairs. Two ant. pairs of legs not- functional. 2nd stage. Color red brown, a dorsal and S.D. white streaks the Celtic with an indistinct line just below it. A broad creamy Calamal band. Suboral. whitish ringed. Beneath green & brown flecks. Head tinged w. yellowish. 3rd Stage Lep. 3. Much as before Vt's and brown hairier. Dorsal parts lightly ad- redder than rest with some nothing and distinct black dots (tubercles). Lateral red hairiness in same color. Under parts, Tiffined w. red. Head brownish w. black vts. 1.8 cm

4½ stage Sep.10 As before more clearly marked 5½ Stage Sep.18. Lateral band very broad clearly edged above w. pale yellow, the remainder white with red streaks and mottling. A central dorsal white streak interrupted edged with chocolate brown. Dorsal portion almost Salmon red mottled with chocolate brown and whitish spot and streaks. 2 black dots on each eye not edged outwardly w. white. Below this dorsal region up to the pale yellow sub-estimatal line. It color is dark chocolate brown, almost black about the spiracles, an oblique ill defined purplish brown dash somewhat above each spiracle extending ant. sup. To a tolerably distinct black dot. Legs and propods dark brown with latter mottled. 3 red shining light brown mottled w. blackish a pair of longer mad black ant. streaks curved slightly inward.

Rusia Pulnāni. Color sham yellows-green. A moderately heavy yellow creamy yellow estimated band. 2 frie Dorsal and two sub. dorsal lines also creamy yellow with a greenish tinge. The 2 dorsal more distant- than the s.d. or than they are fr. D.j. S.d. Space betw. outer s.d. and lat.- = dors. and outer S.D., no intervening whitish marks. Tubercles minute Black points: 10 minut ut Lains. Head and legs Green. Elongati el. flattened. Tap. ant. from about 8. Eggs on grass Sept. 25. Raised in pocket. Fed on plantāni cattentā.

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Laria Rossii Near Summit of Mt. Washington on ground. Arctic lith. Short and broad. Body black. Huckle clothes with smoky blond hairs mostly feathered at lateral longest. A distinct sub.dorsal line yellows at base as an also mark of the hairs on 1st 3 segments Lateral hairs also slightly tinged at base. yellow. Head legs and prolegs black - Cocoon much like Halidota maculata found on bare rock. Eats Vaccini sp. reluctantly. Identified from cocoon which have no doubt of species.

Finalia picora? Gr. 6 Chicago resting on maple branch April 13. 1890. New Haven, Conn. (Prospect St.) Confined with a variety of food plants laid eggs, about 40 in number April 15-17. Ford plant Abies Egg proper. Large, greenish yellow subhemispherical flattened at apex 1 x .6 mm. Marked by parallel ridges radiating from the slightly flattened apex when they occur indefinitely, becoming branched or labyrinthine and at the pumping .02 mm apart. Connected transversely by fine ridges about .01 mm apart Eggs hatched April 27-30. Fid - Abies canadensis buds and young flowers. 1st Stage. Larva subdorsally blunt, greenish yellow without apparent markings. Head median pale brownish. Spiracles interspines. Sparsely covered with short stiff hairs. Attacked by the enlargement of the spiracle at segment, 5 perfect legs. Proboscis green. Length 1 x .5 mm 2nd Stage. May 4 measured. 1 x 10 mm Bright green as larva anteriorly with reddish yellow. A dorsal sub dorsal and elongated length. Band black on the dorsum greenish with the celtic border. Head green. Thorax darker 8

3rd Stage 2 month pond May. 7-9. Brighti dampur green. He bands clearly defined the stipulated heavy creamy white broadly edged above dirty greenish brown. All bands for bad dams. Length: 15mm 4th Stage 3 month pond May 11- As before thin more distinct stipulated sharply bordered sup, by reddish band, perhaps reddish 20mm 5th Stage 30mm x 4 mm. Marked before: heavy clear white dorsal & subd. bands constructed a broken interruptently. Stip band heavy yellow, broken intensity. Broadly edged above with cream on which usually runs down in point above the Spinacles Ex. or 11 when spinacle is the anterior line. A substantial band and or 10' and consisting of - white spot on body (T bar of lips and prelips) Color clean dark green (green slight). Endured pond May 25- probably added. Coeon cattaranum pupa in 8 days - from March 12 hga. thatit in 2 days. 1891.

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Ceruna Huntington / 1st Stage - Scale : See long slender arms elongated black and stiff. Haw.- Brown. Liquid with a brown cast. A beautiful subhexagonal about 3-4.5 inch. Zyg 1/2 mm Skin - Surface pinkish reticulate, it resembles dermatoglyphs which mark probate. Zyg light-green or muddy; subhexagonal blackish, dark olivit, circular blackish Hawing: subhexagonal Zyg 26-29. holara Aug. 9 + Ceruna n. Scott Wright.

Cerura 2. Very brown, with purple a darker dorsal S.D. and let. band each number less edged with yellowish. Tail and horn large spiny black purple. Ventrail surface light. Length 5-5.75mm with Tails 9-10 mm. 2'd Stage - first moults Aug. 16. [illegible]

Reared in a warm room - Copipanolis viridulus Eggs laid Apr 16 sq. Hatched Apr. 17. Pinkish or flesh colored becoming darker .95mm in long. Dim subhemispherical coarsely ridged, with fine brown reticulation. Ridges sublateral from 20-22 at periphery. The main ones originate undefined near the apex and ascend arising either as branches from them or independently from them. Fed on buds of lucerne eating out the centre and making a little core. 1st Stage Sept 1 Wholly dirty yellowish santin with a tiny fuddigh. Head shiny black subcalt, large pointed plate black also small median sup., and plate blacks. Legs of round number (6 pairs) W. protop black. Larva looks like a small Tortrix and has some habit of backing in a low dryer associated with stiffer habit. 2nd Stage (moultd Apr. 21 one) Abdomen before madder dusted w. greyish. Stripe black tipped w. dirty yellowish, head black. 3rd Stage April 25. - , 1 height Dull reddish irregularly mottled with whitish or grey spots and blotch Head shiny light brown. Polyp black, a stipulated line faintly indicated. 4th Stage 1st April 28

Slept. 1 Ground color dull redish, conspicuously mottled with white edged w. black dot. post. Head light bluish brown, frontal plate with a T shaped yellowish white mark the short short vertical part beyond the head and sometimes separated from the horiz. to that there appear to be two marks a posterior long transverse one and a smaller anterior opposite its middle just behind the head. Anal plate edged w. yellow with white (cream color posteriorly). Slegs - black with central white dot - 2 wings w. white. Legs outwardly blackish. Wings the anterior part of body when dist- still lives in case like xylophages and resembles Sitha ph. 2 Scopelos, Group. 5? Slegs 4? mouth. May. 1 24 (M) Malum larva. Ground color rather dull purplish red the brightness and degree of redness varying in different individuals: body covered with flecked and mottled with small spots of irregular and peculiar shape. The whole dorsal region is more or less covered with whitish under this mottling the degree of diffusion varying considerably the dorsum

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Parangia Found on Abies canadensis - Woodbridge Conn Jan 27/71 Body mottled greenish gray; a black sup. stigm. band and a more or less broken dorsal black band more conspicuous in the last 3 segments. Stigmata yellow. Prolegs shining brown head shining dull brownish. On Segm. I: A subdorsal long tuft, of elevated black scale hairs and a similar dorsal tuft on seg. II gray smoky at base. Also similar lateral tufts on 12. A subdorsal and subcentral row of greyish tufts Each subdorsal tuft- with a central band projecting conspicuous. A sup. stigm. row of smaller tufts, fringed w. elevated scale hairs. A sub dorsal row of tufts on segments 4-7 fused with soas to form a large wavy smoky dorsal tuft, fringed with short elevated clear white scale hairs, esp. at outer edges on segs. 2-3 and 8-10 Vn s.d. Scale tufts are largely composed of the same clear white scale hairs, with a few projecting projections. A segment 9-10 a simple curved glandular cylindrical body

which is protruded & elevated & intense .

Fernalia ? Moth found April 13 resting on maple trunk. Confined with canary food plant; among the leaves. Laid about 40 eggs April 15-17. Egg proport. Large, greenish yellow subhemispherical flattened at apex, 1 X .6 mm. Marked by parallel ridges radiating from the flattened apex when they arise indefinitely becoming, branched or helicoidal and ultimately .020 mm apart. Covered transversely by fine ridges about .010 mm apart. Egg hatched April 27-30 1st Stage. Larva moderately stout greenish yellow without markings. Head pale brownish w. black ocelli. Stripe on III. Apparently covered by short straight hairs. Hunched by the enlargement of

Un rounded penultimate segment Lago Spain. poly green. Mounted May. D.Sely.

Marasmalus ventilator inc. Egg on sumac (Rhus typhina & glabra - ) June 5. Cream color even changing to reddish by the appearance of numerous reddish mottings. Hatching, slightly pear shaped, with a short apical truncate prominent from the base of which radiate punctate ridges which are intersected transversely by fine ridges. Base large flat, adhering continuously. Size large in proportion to that of image. The transverse diameter being about .7 mm. Hatched June 10. Young larva Light green or yellowish green, with with black setiferous tubercles forming black stripes; hairs - two dorsal, sub-dorsal and lateral rows. Head jet-black. Eyes and prolegs blackish at base. Dorsal plate grey, 1, black. Ration short. 3 mm., four pairs of legs. Second stage June 15. Larva yellowish transparent and showing green of intestinal contents. No sub dorsal rows of black spots containing the setiferous tubercles larger than the stems. A fine light line

pans into the sup. sub-dorsal and Caudal rows. Head specimen yellows. Proleg lighter green with tapering posteriorly. Head somewhat retractile £. 4.5mm. Third Stage June 20. Inermis white with a powdered appearance The black spots with the exception of the sub- dorsal and sub-epigastric rows are hardly visible: The latter are large and contrasting. The sub-epigastric spots on seg. 223 cm smaller and placed somewhat equidistant to the ventral; lacking on anal segment. A large familio yellow blotched patch between the two rows of spots, a small epigast. spot and proleg lighter green; stannaceous with. Head Inermis yellows. £. 7mm. Fourth Stage June 24. Much an Inferior with a white appearance Spot larger, round. Yellows in males are feminine. Dorsal pain proleg and anterior of seg. 1, yellow. Whitish portion hidden by Green Funiculars. £. 13mm. Fifth Stage June 29. Mature Larva Spots much larger and reduced to a sub- dorsal row - two spots on each segment. It

antennae twice as long as the proboscis - (3) and a stipulated row, the spots being round and including the stipulate. Anal plate and proctal plate of egg. 1. Black Vn latter terminating internally and anteriorly in two black dots. A black dot at the base of lip (except last pair) and two at base of protops. A large black rectangular patch on head. An indistinct fine whitish stipulated line. Matured and changed its color July 3rd spinning a blackish cocoon in mors July 5. This pretty larva very distinctly marked and its conspicuousness may account for some colour for the variety of the imagos which appears in May and June - Marasmasus vistrius (L.)

Probably Oligia occipitalis obscurely marked General color black, a median or submedian dorsal reddish line broken anteriorly interrupted by irregular whitish flecks which extend down to the stigma, in a point on seg. 7, and broaden abruptly on seg. 4 and 5 which are absolute Legs, eleven abruptly branched with a contrasting white spot on outer side an underlength lateral whitish line contrasting is, clear black above, Stigm. Blacks. Legs' Prolegs dull whitish to black hands. Head black is, whitish mottling a few black set. tubercles in front of hands. Head small from rather slender small clavus in region 9 3/4th legs Tapering rapidly above & head. Davies So far as much more mottling a grey appearance. Hindwings pale pin Kellet pt. Sep 28. New York, Cocoon in white wood. Chryso March in house