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inch long, light lead color with a lighter middorsal longitudinal 

 band. Over the 5th abdominal segment a slight black cross 

 ridge. True and prolegs light. Underside of body whitish 

 green with inky black spots located midventrally. Head, body 

 color, rather large and white at the lobes above with a black 

 spot in front of each white lunule. Tubercles black. 



The larva moulted again on the I4th of June, one inch long, 

 ashen gray with somewhat lighter tubercles. . From the second 

 abdominal segment on to the end of the body, except the 5th 

 segment the color is lighter. The middorsal band is narrow 

 and of the same color as the body from the 2d abdominal seg- 

 ment on. The cross band over the 5th abdominal segment 

 narrow but dark brown. Tubercles dark brown set in black. 

 The dorsal pair of 7th abdominal tubercles dark red-brown, 

 prominent. Head gray with cream colored lunules at the lobes 

 above. Head somewhat cara-like. On June iQth the larva 

 was one and a half inches long, reddish gray with lateral row 

 of short setae. The middorsal band narrow and hardly dif- 

 fering from the general body. Tubercles red. True and 

 prolegs body color. Head large but flattened in front and with 

 pale yellow lunules at the lobes above, inside of which is a red 

 tubercle. Tubercular bristles noticeable. Over the 5th ab- 

 dominal segment is a blackish cross ridge and over the 8th 

 abdominal segment a strong pair of red tubercles. 



June 25th the arnica larva one and three fourths inches long, 

 slender, light gray in color. Tubercles like flesh-colored 

 points. Head flattened in front and lobed above with pale 

 yellow lunules at the lobes. No facial dashes. Head as body 

 in color. No hump over the 5th abdominal segment which is 

 dark and quite pronounced. The pair of tubercles over the 

 8th abdominal segment red and much stronger than the others, 

 reminding one of the tubercles similarly situated on the much 

 larger larva of C. ccrogama. There is a lateral fringe but 

 the setae are short. The under side of the body, pale with a 

 greenish tinge. The midventral black spots present. The 

 true and prolegs body color. The larva began spinning June 



