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ally and with two patches before. Joints 2 to 6 deep vinous, a 

 conspicuous lumpy white fold in the incisure of joints 2-3 and 

 3-4; joints 5 and 6 dorsally black banded, 6 the heaviest; tuber 

 cles black ; joints 7 to 13 opaquely whitish, a curved black band 

 across before tubercle i ending at tubercle vi ; one across tuber 

 cle ii, ending stigmatally posteriorly ; on joint 9 all united in a 

 large sooty patch, on joints 10 to 13 somewhat confusedly mot 

 tled and becoming olivaceous laterally. Incisures olivaceous 

 mottled, segments whitish. Anal plate dark olivaceous; venter 

 pale ; tubercles and stiff setae black. Tubercle i dorsad to ii, iv 

 and v approximate, in line longitudinally ; vi distinct ; vii of 

 three tubercles in a curved row, not a triangle. On thorax ia and 

 ib separate, ia anterior ; iia + iib, iv 4- v ; prespiracular tubercle 

 of joint 2 elongate. 



Trichotaphe condaliavorella Busck. The larvae are leaf 

 stitchers, living between leaves of Condalia ferrea. The nat 

 urally overlapping portions of two leaves are united by 

 short stitches, the larva eats on both sides in little patches. The 

 leaf turns yellowish and is usually moist from dew or rain and 

 gathers lice after the larva has left it. When large, the larva 

 unites two leaves by their edges. 



Stage, head .j mm. wide. Head rounded, slightly bilobed, free from 

 joint 2, clypeus two-thirds to vertex ; lobes full ; luteous, mouth dark brown ; 

 ocelli forming a black patch. Body uniform, joint 13 slightly smaller; 

 segments folded annulate, but not regularly nor distinctly ; subventral fold 

 distinct; incisures well marked. Cervical shield large, shining, nearly 

 rectangular, the posterior corners a little rounded ; anal plate notcornified. 

 Feet normal, the abdominal ones slender but short, crochets in a single 

 row, the circle narrowly broken without. Translucent whitish or yel 

 lowish, food green ; feet pale. Tubercles minute, a slight shining ring 

 about the hair tubercle; i dorsad to ii, iii superstigmatal, iv and v in line 

 on subventral fold, remote, vi posterior on lower fold, vii on leg base an 

 teriorly. On joints 3 and 4, ia and ib separate, iia-fiib. iv+v; on pro- 

 thorax the shield complete and the other tubercles normal. 



Stage, head .6 mm. wide. Head flattened, clypeus reaching vertex, lobes 

 full and bulging; brown-luteous, ocelli black. Body long, slender but 

 uniform, flattened, segmental incisures not strong. Pale green, translu 

 cent, food dark green. Cervical shield greenish with black lateral rim; a 

 large black dot on tubercle ii on joints 3 and 4; anal plate pointed, dusky 

 margined posteriorly. Tubercles minute, black, iii of joint 12 larger; iv 

 and v united, vi and vii normal. Setae long black, those of the anal plate 

 conspicuous. 



Last stage. Head round, slightly bilobed, flat; reddish luteous, the 

 labrum whitish, jaws black, eyes black centrally; width 1.2 mm. Body 

 flattened, whitish green ; a green, less opaque dorsal and subdorsal stripe, 

 a black longitudinal dash laterally on joints 3 and 4. Anal plate pointed, 



