Pyrameis cardui.—Larva found feeding on thistle, June 15th, fullgrown. Length, 1¼ to 1⅜ inches.

Head black, reddish in some specimens, above sprinkled with fine whitish hairs, and a few small black tubercles.

Body above greyish-brown, variegated with yellow and black. Second, third, fourth, fifth, and terminal segments black, with many whitish dots. A broken dorsal stripe, white anteriorly; yellow from fifth to terminal segments; second segment without spines, but covered with fine whitish hairs; third and fourth segments have four spines each ; the others have seven, excepting tbe terminal ones, which have two pairs, one placed behind the other.

The notice in our last number of Mr. Scudder's promised work on New England Butterflies, has already brought many welcome responses. A number of living butterflies have been sent in cotton-wool, and although a day upon their journey, were received alive and in good condition; those who live near Boston might try this method, but we think that most persons would be interested in raising the larvæ themselves.