. The American entomologist and botanist. Royal Horned Caterpillar—Z*;. J. , St. Louis, Mo.—Yom: immense larva on Per-simmon is the above-named insect. It formed the sub-ject of the plate to our first volume. Dried up—X. P.—The larva in the rose-bud hadbecome too dry to recognize. *This Iniect belongs to the genus flnietron of Grote & Robinson, ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 341 Caterpillars named—Dr. E. H. King, Witt Liheiiy,Iowa.—1. The green, lilaek ami yellow worms feeilingon celery are the larvie of the common Asterias Swallow-tail (PapiKo asterias, Cram.) The forked process, orosmate
. The American entomologist and botanist. Royal Horned Caterpillar—Z*;. J. , St. Louis, Mo.—Yom: immense larva on Per-simmon is the above-named insect. It formed the sub-ject of the plate to our first volume. Dried up—X. P.—The larva in the rose-bud hadbecome too dry to recognize. *This Iniect belongs to the genus flnietron of Grote & Robinson, ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 341 Caterpillars named—Dr. E. H. King, Witt Liheiiy,Iowa.—1. The green, lilaek ami yellow worms feeilingon celery are the larvie of the common Asterias Swallow-tail (PapiKo asterias, Cram.) The forked process, orosmaterium, is simply a sccnt^organ, anil has no sting-ing or otherwise injurious powir. The smaller hlackcrworms are the young larva; of the same species. Thisinsect feeds on all sorts of jilants of Ihc ParshV Family(UnAelUfera). 2. The and yellow worms, withreddish wartsonthe back,and covered with stiff y<llowand brown hairs, are a very common species of cater-pillar, the larva of a gray moth (Acroaycla oh-. Colnr»~(a) Itlack, yellow and riililiah; (/.) i>ale yellow or brown; (c) ,Giien.) which may be known in popular the Smeared Dagger, the moths belonging to thisgenus being very generally called Daggers in England,on iiccount of a dagger-like mark which is comnion tomost of them near the amd angle of th< front insect is a very general Iccder, occurring on a greatvariety of herbaicous )) and trees, and itolten proves injinious to Apiilc and ^Villow. We pre-sent herewith (Fig. 2111) figures of the larva (a), thecocoon (?i)i ^iil lli nioth (c). Insects named— P. Kraft, Bellenille, Ills.—, Callimorpha veslalie, Iack. {un(loiditcdly=/Mtoi, Acronyctaylramcano. Harr. Ho. 6, Grapta pro<jne. Cram. No.,CatocalairmulinSfGuim. , Ilotnoptera lunata, 9, Calopteryx maculata ? No. 12, Perithemis 14,
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