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[[image: section of caterpillar]] [[image label]] [[underlined]] Ant 3 & 4 [[/underlined]] [[/image label]]
Another on willow July 4 Same Hd 1. ± Another on birch Same On apple & willow Jefferson Highlands  N.H. July 12 1895 Stages V and VI Brown spot on 8-9 scarcely reaches end of 9.
446 [[blue checkmark]]
[[overwritten in blue pencil]] Feb 14 1897 [[/overwritten in blue pencil]]
[[blue strikethrough]] Little Acronycta? Stage I [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] on white birch Keene Valley June 19 1894 Setae large distinct, their bases so large as to be nearly touching like young Arctian, [[underlined]] normal [[/underlined]], vi absent, and none seen on leg, iv s-stig post. On 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 a brown d patch; all the rest translucent whitish; eye black, mouth brown, food showing green by transparency. Setae dark w. hd. .28 mm ± [[?]] upper surface c-Sh and anal plate dusky luteous
[[underlined]] Molt [[overwritten]] II [[/overwritten]] June 22 [[/underlined]] Wart i with 3 or 4 hairs, the original seta longest, ii with only one distinct hair, the others with about 3, iv as large as ang. vi non present s-v above leg with 3 hairs. Several short hair on leg plate. Hd bilobed, angular with pale setae, whitish a brown shade at vertex; eye black mouth brown. Body whitish, 2 [[/blue strikethrough]]

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[[image - pencil sketch of caterpillar]]
[[image label]] mature position of rest [[arrow pointing to image]] [[/image label]]
Calc .33 [[blue checkmark]] .47 [[blue checkmark]] .67 [[blue checkmark]] .96 1.4 2.0 2.8 2 10
[[blue strikethrough]] on side of oak
[[honey?]] brown d. On 4-5, 8-9 and 12 3 dark red brown patches. On 4 enclosing i, on the rest i and ii; on 12, i and ii are nearly in line, the patch is lighter brown and extends
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Later a white s-d band appears between i & ii, partly broken by its brown patches
[[underlined]] Molt [[overwritten]] III [[/overwritten]] June 26 [[/underlined]] Hd square, bilobed, pale greenish a brown oval ring mark on each side which is [[produced?]] inward and joins its fellow at vertex. Mouth tinged roseate. w .6 ± Body as before Wart ii has 3 or 4 hair but is still less developed than i; iv is long and [[/blue strikethrough]]

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full transcription on page 18 After some edits, ensured this transcription matches that on page 18. -@mnathan