308 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., '22 



Second Instar. Head .90 mm. in diameter, pale orange brown, mottled 

 with sordid white ; the brown quite regularly defined, especially in a 

 median stripe that divides and sends two branching streaks over the 

 front face, and a conspicuous oblique band. Hairs of head weak, sharp, 

 colorless, scattered, .08 mm. in length on the average. 



Body profusely sprinkled with minute black papillae, each giving rise 

 to a short, sharp, black hair, .05 mm. in length. The dorsal line even, 

 fine, dark green. Collar as before, piceous black. Anal segment with 

 a rather thick fringe of sharp, wavy, colorless hairs, spiculiferous, some 

 as long as .30 mm. Spiracles round, .03 mm. in diameter, with a fine 

 orange brown annulation. 



Body in color pale grass green, with a white sheen especially notice- 

 able on either side of the dorsal line. Prolegs and ventral surface pale 

 green. Legs pale yellow brown. The suprastigmatal and substigmatal 

 white bands still indistinct. 



Length 7 mm. Width at first thoracic segment .80 mm. Width at 

 anal segment .72 mm. 



Third Inslar. Head 1.16 mm. in diameter, sordid white, with pale 

 orange brown blotchings as in previous stage ; along the median suture 

 this blotching is deep brown, almost black. Hairs of head as before, 

 now averaging .12 mm. in length- 

 Body adorned as before with minute papillae, now .02 mm. in height 

 and with the arising hairs .08 mm. in length on the average. Collar, 

 as before, piceous black. Hairs fringing" anal serrmert n; i^ng as .40 

 mm. Spiracles .04 mm. in diameter, with a distinct orange brown ring ; 

 on eighth abdominal segment the spiracles are .08 mm. in diameter. 

 Dorsal line prominent, dark green, .20 mm. in width. 



Body in color pale grass green; on either side of the dorsal line the 

 ground color is more or less broken up by whitish blotchings. Prolegs 

 and ventral surface pale grass green ; legs pale orange brown, shining, 

 fuscous at tips. The white suprastigmatal band now rather prominent ; 

 the white substigmatal stripe much less so. 



Length 12 mm. Width at first thoracic 1.06 mm. Width at anal 

 segment 1 mm. 



Fourth I:isiar. Head 1.60 mm. in diameter, sordid white, marked as 

 before with orange brown stripes, blackish brown along the median 

 suture. Hairs of head as before, some as long as .24 mm., others but 

 .08 mm. 



Numerous, black body papillae as before, now .03 mm. in height and 

 of the same diameter at base, with the arising hairs .10 mm. in length, 

 straight, sharp, colorless. Hairs fringing anal segment as long as .56 

 mm. Spiracles .05 mm. in diameter, round, with a prominent orange 

 brown ring. Dorsal line dark green, prominent, .30 mm. in width. 



Body in color a vivid grass green. Prolegs and ventral surface pale 

 grass green. Legs pale orange brown, shining, darker at tips. The 

 suprastigmatal band now yellow white, not very prominent ; below it a 

 second, finer, concolorous band, not very distinct. The substigmatal 



