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December iSit~.] PSYCHE. . 317
previous note: .64, .8, 1.0, 1.3, 1.6,
2.1, 2.6, 3.2 mm. The present larvae
exhibited .65, 3, 1.3, 2.2, 3.3, thus
omitting every alternate stage after the second. In rny larva for~nerly described, the last four measurements of the nor-
1xa1 series were-actually observed, and
the larva must have had as many as
seven stages, omitting normal iii, or
per11aps eight, including- iii. It is prob- able that in Dr. Packard's example but
two stages were omitted, although we
cannot say which, as he does not give
us measurements of the head. Miss
Soule's was doubtless the same as lT1y
lil~t.
I will not describe the egg and larval
stages in detail, as there is but little to add to the accounts already published.
The arrangement of' the hairs may be
mentioned, as it is decidedly peculiar.
There is no primitive first stage. On
liatching, the hairs are abundant, arising from low, flat granular war{. areas.
whose position is most difficult to deter- mine positively, as they are obscured by the hairs, and when fhe latter are
rcmoved are difficult to distinguish,
being merely concolorous granular
On June n I found two larvae on a grape- vine. and a few days later five more on
Am$eZa$sis ~z~/?quefoZia. The record is
taken St-0111 the first two.
Length 2 inch. Head round, green, with
4 very faint yellow face-lines. Uody bright green, transver.iiely striated with opaque yellow. 3rd and 4th segments verv slightly enlarged, too alighth to be noticed except areas. After repeated observation, I
believe the accompanying- cut represents their arrang-enlent correctly. The hairs are represented as partly removed.
On
the abdomen i, ii, iii normal, iv very
large and v small, vi large, the base of the leg hairy. On the last two thoracic
segments three warts above the stigma-
till wart. the middle onc moved back
out of line with the others, stiginatal
and subventral iv:u'ts nonnnl. I could
not determine the exact period at which
the secondary hairs iippcared ; probably in stage 11, though in my notes I state
k t secondary hairs not seen, if present can not distinguish them from those
bending over from the warts." In the
last stage, the secondary coating- is well devcloped.
by an en~omologi&t.
From the outei face-
lines, to the caudal horn extended subdorbal lines of yellow, edged above with dark
green. A stigmata1 yellow edge ran from
the first segment into the first oblique on each side. There were eight yellow obliques the eighth being under the caudal horn, and running backward from that. Anal shield
edged with yellow. Caudal horn long,
slender, straight, black, rough.
Fcet yellow,
props green, venter plain green.




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31 8 PS2'-CHE. [December ,895.
Jtcnc q. Moulted. I& inches long. As
before except that the body below the sub- dorsal lines was thickly granulated with yellow; the caudal horn becxme gxcn he-
neath, yellow on the sides, with a black line on the upper side and a black band just
below the green tip. The spiiacles showed as two blue black lines with white between and a yellowish dot at each end. When
disturbed the larvae twitched and jerked from side to side like abhottii and nessiis.
June 20. Moulted. I& inches long. As
before, except a blue green dorsal line ex- tended from second segment to the horn, the first segment being smoother
and greener
than any othei; and the caudal horn had
become pink above and beneath, yellow on the sides and tip, slightly rough. Thelarvae rested with the head and first three begments thrown back over the abdominal segments, like myron.
pine q.
The larvae were 2g incliea long.
The subdorsal lines had faded, except on the first three and the preanal segments, and had wholly disappeared from the 4th, ,<th, and 6th segments. The obliques were much less conspicuous. , The caudal horn was
shining yellow at the upper end, rough and pink below, short, stout, almost trianguliu- when seen from the front. It was very small ill proportion to the size of the larva. The yellow face-lines nearest the median suture could hardly be seen.
'funs 36.
They stopped eating, and their
heads and backs turned deep. dull pink.
yidy i.
Pupated well, the pupae being
very strongly marked.
The seven larvae found varied somewhat
in color, some being" of a very white qreen instead of the deep yellow green of the first two. Some liud but seven obliques instead of eight, and two lost the eighth oblique at the last moult. Three or four had caudal horns green and yellow instead of pink and yellow.
Two or three grew to a length of
2+ inches. Cdhie G. Souli-.
Bruokline, Mass.
SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA IN
NEW ENGLAND.
On Oct. ist, 1883, I found this species at Wollaslon, Mass. No record has ever been made of the capture, for at the Lime I was not interested in Orthoptera, and did not know the identity of the specimens. It
was only recently that an examination bj Mr. A. P. Morse uf matcrial collected by me years ago revealed the fact of its having been taken at that time.
It was tolerably abundant in one &pot on the beach, where it was found among' the tall grass below high-tide mark. Not know- ing its value at the time, I failed to take more than a single specimen.
A search in the same locality this year
failed to reveal any trace of its present existence there, so that it seems probable that it was by some means brought there
and pined a temporary foothold. As the
locality Iias been recently built upon to some extent it may have been exterminated by this mean&. Frank If. Sjrague.
THE INSECT COLLECTION OF THE
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM.
The staff of the Department of Insects of the U. S. National Museum has been reor- ganized as a result of the sad death of tlie former Honorary Curator, Professor C. V. Riley.
The reorganization has been effected by
the appointment of Mr. L. 0. Howard,
Entomologist of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, to the position of Honorary Curator of the Department of Insects; of Mr. Wm. H. Ashmcul to the position of
Custodian of Hymenoptera; and Mr. D. W.
Coquillett to the position of Custodian of Diptera. All museum ci~stodians are hon- orary officers, Mr. M. L. Linell will remain as general assistant to the Honorary Curator, The Department is nt present m excellent working condition. It contains a very great



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