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type, it differs from that species in being more densely hairy 

 with no trace of regularity in the arrangement of the elytral 

 hairs, which in hclcnac are in definite longitudinal series. In 

 pilosns the margined area of the prosternum is closed in front 

 while in helcnac it is open or in some cases nearly closed. In 

 pilosus the propygiclium is hairy all over. 



(To be continued.) 



Early Stages of Noropsis hieroglyphica Cram. 

 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). 



By F. H. BENJAMIN, Agricultural College, Mississippi. 



Larva. Head, bright, shining, greenish-brown, clypeus whitish, man- 

 dibles black, antennae white at base with last two segments black. Body 

 and thorax, transversely striped with three or four distinct black stripes 

 to each segment, one of these stripes being broadest and most conspic- 

 uous, and this stripe broadening out on dorsum and each latex to form 

 an interrupted dorsal line, and a dorso-lateral line on each side. The 

 transverse stripes do not go around the entire body, but end in a ventro- 

 lateral longitudinal black stripe below the spiracles. This stripe is 

 broken to surround a small spot of ground color on the segment before 

 the prolegs, and above each of the prolegs except the anal pair. The 

 spiracles themselves are surrounded by black, resembling small black 

 dots. A black dorsal plate on the first abdominal segment, divided 

 cephalo-caudad by a medial very faint line of ground color, and some- 

 t'mes interrupted by a more conspicuous transverse band of ground color. 

 General ground color bluish-slate with somewhat of a greenish cast 

 above the ventro-lateral line ; underneath, lighter, with the greenish cast 

 stronger and more pronounced. True legs, black. Prolegs, blackish 

 with yellowish-green in the middle. .-Inal prolegs, black. All prolegs 

 very strongly chitinized, giving them a peculiar shining appearance. 

 .-// plate, yellowish green marked by black cephalad, with a tendency 

 for this black to surround the yellowish green by being very faintly 

 present on the lateral and caudal borders of the plate. Length of larva 

 45 mm. Diameter 7 mm. Head 4x4 mm. 



Pupa. Reddish at first, turning darker to a very dark reddish-brown 

 almost blackish; the ventral part of the abdominal segments lighter. 

 Cremaster, with two spine-like processes extending at about 45 degree 

 angles from an imaginary mcsal line, with no ordinary setae visible. 

 ProUwracic l>'(/s, reaching cephalad to eye pieces. Mesothoracic legs, 

 not reaching as far cephalad. Prothoracic femora, not visible except 

 as a slight widening between sutures. Dorsum, of abdominal segments 

 pebbled with large raised granulations; between the segments are fine 

 L'ranulutions, those on the cephalic end coarser than those on the caudal 

 end, giving a sandpaper-like appearance. Spiracles, ovate, slightly 



