58 PROCEEDINGS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Claphe maria Schaus. 



Larva. Head moderate, round, scarcely bilobed, black with gray 

 pruinosity; a yellowish white line across from bases of antennas; 

 labrum yellowish white; median suture narrowly pale; densely covered 

 with white secondary hairs. Body cylindrical, uniform; dorsum black; 

 a lateral yellow line, from which transverse yellow bands traverse 

 the dorsum, one on each segment behind the middle, some broad and 

 distinct, some narrow or obsolete; the one on joint 7 is the most dis- 

 tinct; those on 3, 4, and 9 are next, the others being quite narrow or 

 even obsolete. Lateral region dark gray, with a pale diffused sub- 

 stigmatal line. Warts obsolete dorsally, only the subventral lappet- 

 warts visible, fairly prominent, two warts present on joint 2. Sec- 

 ondary hairs fine, short, white, with longer white ones from the lappet- 

 warts and in small groups subdorsally; dorsal patches of short crim- 

 son hairs in which the white subdorsal clusters arise. Thoracic feet 

 yellow-white; outer sides of the abdominal feet also of this color. 



The cocoon is white, and the short crimson hairs are thrust through 

 it in irregular patches. 



Food p hint: Persa gratissima. 



MEGAL,OPYGID^. 



Megalopyge albicollis superba Hy. Edwards. 



Larva. Head rounded, retracted in joint 2, which in turn is within 

 joint 3, except for its hairy front margin. Body elliptical, somewhat 

 flattened on the ventral part; of a dull reddish color, entirely covered 

 by the long dense hairs; hairs foxy red, curving smoothly backward, 

 a little keeled on the dorsal line; no special tufts or curls. Feet nor- 

 mal, the thoracic feet small; an extra pair of poorly developed feet 

 on joints 6 and 11. 



Before the last stage, the larva has fine white hair, higher and 

 crested on joints 4-5 and projecting backward in a loose tuft behind; 

 some feathered curling black hairs in little tufts subdorsally, em- 

 bellishing the bases of the anterior and posterior tufts. 



Actual date of issue, March 13, 1912. 



