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The larva is footless and quite thickly covered with hairs. 

 The ventral surface of each thoracic segment is somewhat swollen 

 and more densely hairy than elsewhere on the body, with many 

 of these hairs longer than the others. General color whitish, with 

 slight yellowish tinge. Head white, labrum and mandibles yel- 

 low, tips of mandibles black; the skin is much wrinkled and 

 folded as illustrated in figure a. Eight spiracles are plainly to 

 be observed; the thoracic segments show but one spiracle, which 

 is situated in the fold between the first and second segments. On 

 the lateral aspect, near the middle of each of the first seven ab- 

 dominal segments, is situated a spiracle just above an oblique 

 fold in the skin. See figure a. 



Pupa. Length 5.5 mm. ; width of head just cephalad of eyes 

 .85 mm.; width of body across the mesothorax 2 mm. Color 

 white throughout except the eyes, which are brownish. Head 

 is bent down against the ventral surface of the prothorax; each 

 segment is marked with two pairs of rather prominent lines, the 

 lines of each pair curving in, meeting each other at the distal 

 extremity of the wing-cover. The distal end of each elytron 

 bears an outward curved, brownish colored hook ; numerous 

 hairs are distributed over the abdomen, dorsal part of the 

 thorax and the head. Under a two-thirds objective, the skin is 

 seen to be thickly covered with minute spine-like protuberances. 



In all specimens examined the cast larval skin remains quite 

 firmly attached to the caudal part of the abdomen. See fig. b. 



Adult. ' Robust, elytra with a series of alternate gray and 

 black spots. Body short and thick, densely hairy, brownish 

 cinereous; head plane not prominent between the eyes; antennae 

 moderate, pale rufous, three last joints fuscous, thorax with a 

 few black spots, elevated line of the posterior margin not promi- 

 nent, placed near and parallel to the posterior edge; elytra with 

 punctured striae, alternate interstitial lines, with alternate black 

 and gray spots; feet rufous ; thighs dusky ; tibiae with about 

 two dusky bands. Length three-twentieths of an inch." See 

 figure c. 



LIFE HISTORY NOTES. 



Abundant specimens were secured and brought to the labora- 

 tory for study. Specimens were placed in several different glass 

 jars and un infested corn or cow-peas were supplied them. In 

 two bottles containing four specimens each, were placed a few 



