114 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., 'lO 



The aniatn.v eggs from a minis female began hatching on 

 the ist of June. After first moult, the larva changes from a 

 light chestnut color to almost black with a mid-dorsal cream 

 colored stripe from the head half the length of the body. Head, 

 dark brown. True legs, dark brown. Pro-legs, black. After 

 second moult, the caterpillar is reddish brown with a somewhat 

 lighter mid-dorsal line from the head to the middle of the body 

 length. There is a very black lateral longitudinal band. Head 

 darker brown than the body. The lateral black band crosses 

 over the body at the 5th abdominal segment in a slight hump. 

 The pro-legs, black. The true legs dark brown. At this stage 

 of its growth it is a very pretty larva. 



The larva of rums is light yellowish brown before first 

 moult, lifter first moult, it is almost black with head a little 

 lighter. _ Pro-legs, black. True legs, dark, almost black. Longi- 

 tudinal streaks absent or indistinct. 



After third moult, the larva of ainatri.v is nearly two inches 

 long, yellow brown, with a yellow elliptical cross ridge or hump 

 over the 5th abdominal segment and a cross brownish band in- 

 closing the hump. Tubercles reddish yellow. A dark shade 

 line behind the tubercles on the 8th abdominal segment. Head, 

 brownish gray and flat as in cara, with red-brown lobes above. 

 True legs, red brown. Pro-legs, body color. Larva very much 

 like that of cara. 



After the fourth moult, the larva is over two inches long, 

 dark brown with a faint reddish tint and with reddish tubercles. 

 Flesh colored legs 'and with pro-legs of body color. 



The cross elliptical hump over the 5th abdominal segment is 

 about hali as large as that in concumbcns of the same length, 

 yellow in a dark red-brown cross band, rather, the cross band 

 is behind the hump. The dorsal tubercles over the 8th abdomi- 

 nal segment rather strong red and with a black cross shade line 

 behind. Lateral fringe short. Head flat with reddish border, 

 bounded behind by a black, line or dash that goes all the way 

 around from one side of the mouth to the other. Ventral side 

 of the body deep red with the black spots. The description at 

 this stage is much like that of concumbcns at the same stage. 



