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Later. EXPLANATION OF PLATE 4.
"Fourteen butterflies emerged from
Fig. 1. Spakis s-signata Holland.
the chrysalids, but some of them did
Cllryssdis enlarged.
not disclose the imago, but dried up in
Fig. 2. Same. Chrysalis, nat. size.
the box, retaining their natural appear- Fig. 3. Same. Larva.
ance. I send these in a roll of paper."
Fig. 4. Same. Imago.
LIFE HISTORY OF ORGYIA CANA HY. EDW.
BY HARRISON G. DYAR.
ORGYIA CANA Hy. Edm.
1881.-H. Edwards, Papilio, v. I, p. 62.
Ezg. Slightly conoidal though almost
spherical, smooth, shiny, opaque white, with a faint brownish spot and ring at the flat- tened end; diameter I inm. The eggs are
laid in a mass on the cocoon of the female moth, fastened together by a slight amount of froth and thickly covered with the faintly browniiih down from the body of the moth. The winter is passed in this stage, the little larvae hatching in the spring kind emerging as mature moths in July and August. There is but one brood a year.
First larval stage. Head shining black,
labruin a little paler; width o 4 nim. Body sordid purplish black, a dorsal yellowish shade on joints 3, 4 and 9 and a whitish stig- niatal line. Warts black, the subdorsal ones on joint 2, large; hair thin, but several hairs grow from each wart, black. There are no brush-like tufts, hair pencils nor retractile tubercles, but the places of the latter are in- dicated by a dorsal red spot on joints 10 and 11 respectively, not elevated.
Second stage. Head brownish black,
shiny; width 0.7 mm. Body and warts black, hair thin, bristly and black. The subdorsal warts on joint 3 are large, but there are no brush tufts nor pencils. The retractile tub- escles are present on joints 10 and 11, small, and colored dull blood red. The dorsum is paler on joints 3, 4 and 9.
Third- stage.
Head black with a brownish
tinge, labrum white; width 1.1-1.3 mm.
Body black except on the dorsum of joints 3 and 4 where it is yellowish white with a black dorsal line, and also a yellowish sub- dorsal spot on joints g and 10 (anteriorly). Warts all black; hair long, black with pen- cils of short, plumed, black hairs from the sub do^-sal warts of joint 2 (none on joint la). There are small, dorsal, black, brush-like tufts on joints 5 and 6 and a few short tufted white hairs on joints 7 and 8. The warts of row 2 on joint g are a little tinged with red. Retractile tubercles red. Length of larva about g mm.
Fourth stage.
Head brownish black, la-
brum and antennae sordid white; width 1.7- 1.8 mm. Body greenish black below, gray
on the sides, a black subdorsal and yellow subventral line. Dorsum largely sordid yel- low; cervical shield, a dorsal line on joints 3 and 4, a shade surrounding the tufts on joints 5-8, and a broad band from joint 9 posteriorly to joint 12, all black; joint 13 dark gray.
The warts of rows 1-5 and the
retractile tubercles are all blood red, concol- orous, except those on joint 2 which are black. The plumed pencils on joint 2 are 2.5 mm. long, and there is now also one on joint 12 dorsally. The brush-like tufts on joints i; and 6 are brown, thobe on 7 and 8 white. The other hair is long and black but whitish subventrally.
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PSYCHE.
[January iSp.
Fifth stag-e. Head shining black with a
faint brownish tinge, labrum and antennae pale yellow; width 2.1-2.6 mm. The body
is colored as in the previous stage but the black shade surrounding the brush tufts fills in nearly all the dorsal space; hair pencils from joints 2 and 12, 3 mm. long. Spiracles black, a white dot posterior to each. The arrangement of the warts is as follows : row I anteriorly next to dorsal line on joints 5- 12 ; 2 subdorsal ; 3 suprastigmatal ; [4 absent, represented by the white dots posterior to the spiracles ;] 5 subventral ; 6 also subven- tral, just above the bases of the legs and a little posterior to the other warts; and row 7 consists of four small warts on the venter of the legless segments. On joint 2 warts 2 and 3 are on the cervical shield, small ; 4 is large, subdorsal ; 5 also large, lateral. On joints 3 and 4 all are present but I and moved up somewhat. On joint 13 there are but
three warts, the upper two large besides very minute ones on the anal plate. The blush tufts aribe from wart I and the upper part of 2.
Sixth stage (all $ and some 9 mature
larvae). Head brown-black, shiny, clypeus pale centrally, labrum and antennae white; width, 3.1-3 6 mm. Body velvety black, a broken buff subdorsal line on joints 3 and 4, represented by buff or yellow spots on joints 5 and 8-11 a little farther down the sides; a similar smaller subventral row running the whole length. Cervical shield pale, shaded with black, its warts crimson. The warts of rows 1-5 are fine dark crimson, large, the hair long and black. Plumed pencils black, 7.5 tnm. long, showing a marked difference from the previous stage. Retractile tuber- cles crimson, a little brighter than the warts. Brush tufts large, all unicoloroi.~, brownish silver gray, darker along the crest, showing another marked difference. Feet reddish, black at their bases. As the stage advances the brush tufts become black centrally, the side hairs remaining white.
Seventh stqe (some 9 larvae only).
Head
round, brownish black, shiny, a pinkish
white line above the mouth; antennae red- dish, ocherous at base; width 4 mm. Body dark gray, black dorsally, a broken subdor- sal band nearly covering the dorsum on
joints 3 and 4 and a broken substigmata1 band. All the warts of rows I, 2, 3 and 5, retractile tubercles and cervical shield fine crimson, the tubercles a little brighter. The warts of row 4 are present but very small, situated back of the spiracles and colored ocher yellow.
Cocoon. Oval, regular, nearly opaque,
composed of hair and silk.
$ $t@a. Robust; wing and antenna-cases
prominent; abdomen tapering, cremaster
long, terminating in minute hooks ; sparsely covered with rather short fine whitish hairs. Color rather light brown ; spiracles black. Length 12 mm.; width 5 mm.
9 $@a. Very large and robust, thorax
and cases small, wing-cases of moderate size; abdomen nearly cylindrical, cremaster flat- tened, ending in many hooks. Smooth very shiny pale brown, with a few sparsely dis- tributed pale hairs; spiracles black. Length 22 rnrn. ; width of abdomen g mm., of thorax 4.5 mm.
Food plants. Species of oak (qitercus
kelloggii and 2. chrysolefif) also wild coffee (Rhammis californica) and willow (Salix). Larvae from Yosemite, Cal.
$ moth. Primaries dark gray, whitish
scales thickly scattered on a nearly black ground; an obscure black basal line and a brownish patch outside this, covering the lower half of the wing before the t. a, line, edged above by a black line and narrowly separated from the t. a. line. Transverse anterior line broad, black, gently waved and slightly produced outwardly above m, vein ; ,
a reniform discal spot, outlined in black, filled in with a yellowish white shade and narrowly bordered with whitish. Transverse posterior line starting from costa almost above 1-eniform, passing outward and around the spot and continuing to internal margin parallel



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January 18g2.J PSYCHE. 205
to t. a. line.
OH the costa beyond t. p. line
a black patch from which proceeds the whit- ish subterminal line, almost parallel to the t. p. line and most strongly marked just be- fore its junction with internal margin, almost forming a white crescent. A black terminal line. Fringes blackish, interrupted with paler.
Secondaries blackish with a chestnut tint, especially centrally. Below nearly uniform dark blackish gray with a slight chestnut tint; discal dot and t. p. line indicated in black.
9 moth. Abdomen extremely large, tho-
rax small,
legs slender, wings larger than
usual, 6 mm. long. Color white with a faint brownish tinge; down dense, especially on the under side of abdomen; dorsum broadly dark cinereous, both on thorax and abdomen ; wings faintly brownish : eyes black. Anten- nae shortly pectinated. Length 18 mm. ;
width of abdomen 12 mm.
Habitat probably the Sierra Nevada of
California. Recorded from Havilah, Kern
Co., (Hy. Edw.) and Yosemite, Mariposa
Co.
A LIST OF SOME
OF THE CATALOGUES AND LOCAL LISTS OF
NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.-111 (R.-2.).
BY JOHN HAMILTON AND SAMUEL HENSHAW.
105 Rauterberg, Fr.
Coleoptera of Wis-
consin. (Proc. nat. hist. soc. Wis., 1885, p. 10-25 .)
A list of 269 species and varieties of Cicindelidae and Carabidae with notes on the locality and time of occur- rence.
io6 Reed, E. B. Coleoptera taken in the
neighborhood of London, Ont.
(Can. ent.,
1869, v. I, p. 69-70.)
Number of families (31) genera (129) and species (180) found in the vicinity of London, Ont.; over 130 undetermined species additional to the above have been collected.
107 Reinecke, Ottomar. Additional list
of Coleoptera. (Bull. Buff. soc. nat. sci., 1882, v. 4, P. 55.)
44 species are listed from the vicinity of Buffalo, N. Y.
Reinecke, Ottonmr.
See : ZESCH, Frank
H.
108 Ritchie, A. S. On the Coleoptera of
the Island of Montreal. (Can. nat. and geol., 1869, ser. 2, v. 4, p. 27-36.) Separate ; 11 p. 215 species are listed from the Island of Montreal and 31 Canadian species taken outside the Island of Mon- treal.
109 Sahlberg, John. Coleoptera och
medleminar a Berings Sunds Amerikanska
Hemiptera insamlade af Vega-expeditionens kust.
(Vega-exped. vetens. iaktt., 1885, bd.
47 P- 59-71.)
16 species of Coleoptera are listed from Port Clarence, Grantley Harbor and Bay of Ilnan-Ruk.
110 Saunders, W. Entomological notes
during a trip to Saguenay. (Can. ent.,
1868, V. I, p. 11-13.)
18 species are listed with localities.
Savage, H.
See : HAYWARD, R.
111 Say, Thomas.
Descriptions of cole-
opterous insects collected in the late expedi- tion to the Rocky Mountains, performed by order of Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War,
under the command of Major Long. (Journ. wad. nat. xi. Phil., 1823, v. 3, p. 139-216; 1824, p. 238-282 ; 298-331 ; 403-462 ; 1824, v. 4, p. 83-99.) Ed. Leconte, v. 2, p. 89-236. Describes 354 species.
I 12 Schaupp, F. G.
The Cicindelidae of
the neighborhood of New York. (Bull.
Brooklyn ent. soc., 1878, v. I, p. 28.)
A list of 15 species with localities and times of ap- pearance.
113 Schaupp, F. G, [Florida Coleop-
tera.]
(Bull. Brooklyn ent. soc., 1878, v. I,
P- 34.)
Adds q species to those listed by Schwarz. 114 Schaupp, F. G. List of Carabidae
found in the neighborhood of New York
city. (Bull. Brooklyn ent. soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 29-32 ; 71-72.)
212 species are listed with localities and times of ap- pearance.




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