Dec., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 479 



mounted at each angle by a short rounded process, somewhat obliter- 

 ates the delicate pale green ground color. Diameter about .65 mm. 



With few exceptions the egg is strongly glued to the dorsal surface 

 of a leaf (rarely terminal) of Lotus glaber, a prostrate legume common 

 in sandy soil. Though several eggs are sometimes found on one leaf, 

 each was probably laid by a different female. 



First instar. The larva in escaping from the egg eats a large ragged 

 hole out of the top, but consumes no more of the shell. 



Head of moderate size, blackish, and retracted under the first seg- 

 ment ; body in freshly hatched larvae of a pale yellowish green ; ob- 

 long, and somewhat ridged, and covered with minute dark green gran- 

 ulations, and bearing smooth conical, brown tubercles which give rise 

 to rough, translucent whitish hairs arranged as follows : A double row 

 on each side of the median line, the inner hairs the longest, some three- 

 fourths the width of the body ; three infra-spiracular hairs on each seg- 

 ment, the middle one the longest ; and a row of short clavate supra- 

 stigmatal hairs. Cervical shield pale gray, with minute hairs. A sort of 

 plate, possibly an osmaterium dorsad on the fused ultimate segments. 

 Length at commencement of instar, 1.5 mm. Later in instar larva be- 

 comes darker, and the various bands are indicated. 



Second instar. Body plum color; median (heart) line of a darker 

 plum, with a bordering band of dull lilac. Oblique latero-dorsal dash 

 on segments, dull lilac, then below, two indistinct bands of the same 

 color, and finally the dull lilac lateral band. Long hairs as in instar I, 

 and in addition short whitish pile. Length at commencement of instar 

 3.5 mm. At the end of the instar the pattern becomes more distinct, 

 and the larva assumes a dull green, or more rarely a dull gray color. 

 The dull green larva has a dark green median band (brownish on seg. 

 2), with a yellow or yellowish-green bordering band. The oblique 

 dashes and the two following bands are rather indefinite, and the pale 

 lilac lateral band has a darker ventral border. The dull gray larva has 

 darker markings. Cervical shield gray. Length at end of instar 5.3 

 mm. 



Third instar. All markings much plainer now. General appearance 

 gray, median line purple, bordering band whitish yellow ; oblique 

 clashes lichen gray, the following sub-horizontal and horizontal bands 

 of the same color ; lateral band pale lilac with yellowish tinge, darker 

 at its edges. Dorsal plate (?) on seg. 10, and a pair of whitish evers- 

 ible spiny bulbs on seg. 11. Length at commencement of instar 6.75 

 mm. At end of instar the larva is of a delicate pale green (sometimes 

 yellowish-green) color; median line dark green, bordering band yel- 

 lowish-green, fading out at segment 10, the median line going beyond; 

 oblique dashes (which proceed dorsad anteriorly and form an acute 

 angle with the median line) pale green, and indistinct after seg. 10. 

 The band following the oblique dashes is sub-horizontal, and the next 



