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134 PSYCHE. [November-December 1888.
in? anterior margin of posterior coxae.
Cornicles very short, ~~nicoloroiis with body.
Described from many specimens
taken in company with young, and
winged males on under leaf-surface of
Salz'x &a, 31 October, 1887.
, Egg-
Oval ; 0.6 mm. long, 0.3 mm. wide.
Yellow when first extruded. The
only specimens seen were deposited
on the under leaf-surface, but I surmise that they may be usually deposited
about the buds, though after considera-
ble search I have found none so placed.
Described from five specimens taken,
together with oviparous females, on the
under leaf surface of Sah'x alba, 8 No-
vember 1887.
THE PIONEER PAINTER OF NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS. BY HERMANN AUGUST HAGNE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Marc Catesby was born in 1679 or
1680 and died 23 Dec. 1749, at Lon-
don. His early inclination to stiicb
natural history was much suppressed by
his residing remote from London, I do
not know where. Having relatives in
Virginia he decided to go there, to study plants and animals foreign to England.
He arrived there 33 April 1712 and re-
turned to England in 1p9. By gener-
ous friends he was induced and urged
to go again to America, and arrived 23
May 1722, at Charleston, S. Carolina.
He employed the first year collecting,
describing and figuring plants and ani-
mals. After living nearly thiee years in Carolina, Georgia and Florida he went to the Bahamas, visiting Providence and
some adjacent islands. As he was not
bred a painter he asks indulgence for
some faults in his pictures. Returning to England in I 726 and wishing to publish
the result of his labors he tried to teach himself the art of etching. As far as I
understand the notices given in the pre
face of his book (out of which are taken the above facts) he colored the plates
himself. He was a Fellow of the Royal
society. It is today rather difficult
to understand how the publication of
such an expensive work was at all
possible, as the list of the subscribers contains only 165 names. He was in-
duced by his patrons to study the bi~ds
rather than describe promiscuously in-
sects, and other animals. Therefore he
was not able to delineate a great num-
ber of insects. Those given are, as far
as I know, the first North American in-
sects figured after living specimens and published colored. The figures are
recognizable, though sometimes not
good. The descriptions are short and
prove that he was not an entomologist.
Nevertheless the work of a pioneer
should not be entirely forgotten.
Below I give the title and a list of the insects figured : The natural history of PA-,&* 5 134-135 tprc.1903). htlp:tf[Byclirni~club org5tS-1-M html



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November-December 1888.1 PSK'HE. 135
Carolina, Florida and the Bahama
Islands . . . by Marc Catesby. Lon-
don, Innys, fol. Vol. I, 1731 ; Vol. 2,
I 743, tab. 200. Appendix I 748 ; tab.
20.
Edition
2 by George Edwards. Lon-
don, 1754.
'' 3 by GeorgeEdwards. Lon-
Vol. I. pi. 8
NOTES
don, 1771.
Gryllotalpa columbia
Scudd.
Ecpantheria oculatissima
S. & A.
A fly; not recognizable.
Papilio turnus Linn.
Attacus luna Linn.
" cecropia Linn.
and cocoon.
Danaus plexippus Linn.
Oedipoda carolina De
Gees.
Attacus cecropia Linn.
91 A. polpyhemus Crarn.
94 Eacles imperialis Drury.
Larva.
95 Thais rumina Linn.
96 Deiopeia bella Linn.
97 Papilio turnus Linn.
IOO kt marcellus B. & L.
Appdx. pi. 4 Thalessa atrata Fabr.
< Pelopoeus caeruleus Linn.
10 f. 3 Pulex penetrans Linn.
4 A beetle I have ndt
been able to iden-
ti fy .
5 Blatta americanaLinn.
9 " ? not known to
me.
7 Silpha peltatacatesby .
I I Can thon laevis Drury .
Phanaeus carnifex Linn.
13 Sphex cementaria Drury.
15 Mutilla coccinea Fabr. ?
ON THE LARVAL STAGES OF SAMIA CYNTHIA.
BY CAROLINE G. SOULE, BROOKLINE, MASS.
The eggs of Cynthia, except a very
few, did not turn green before hatching. Those laid first, loth May, hatched on
31st May, giving 21 days for the egg-
period ; but those laid last,
18th May,
hatched on 3d June, giving 16 days for
this period.
The larvae ate very little till the
middle of the second day, and did not
eat the egg-shell at all, unless they ate the bits removed to let them out.
When very young they seemed to be
troubled by the excrement, which clung
to the anal shield, instead of dropping
in the usual manner, and the larvae had
a way of seizing the excreta with their
mouths, pulling them free, and then
giving them a quick jerk which threw
them over the edge of the leaf. There
was a little silk visible all through the first stage, where the larvae moved.
About 120 eggs I gave away, of the
remaining 221 only two failed to hatch.
I gave most of the larvae tulip-tree
(Liriodendron tuli'z~era), leaves,
which they ate eagerly.




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