xxxiii, '22] ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\VS 309 



hand white, even, but not at all prominent. The space between the upper 

 band and the dorsal line subject to yellowish white blotchings, especially 

 immediately next to the dorsal line. 



Length 17 mm. Width at first thoracic 1.38 mm. \Yidth at anal 

 segment 1.20 mm. 



Fifth Instar. Head 2.08 mm. in diameter, sordid white, and as before 

 marked with orange brown stripes. Sides of head pale gray yellow. 

 Interior to these sides a dark orange brown area broken with a wavy 

 stripe of yellow and with irregularly placed yellow blntchings. The 

 line of the median suture black, spreading out to include the frontal 

 triangle, now a pale gray green. Hairs of head as before, some as long 

 now as .36 mm. 



The black body papillae as before, .04 mm. in height and of the same 

 diameter at base, with the arising hairs straight, sharp, colorless or 

 faintly brown tinged, of varying lengths, some .12 mm. long, others but 

 .05 mm. Hairs fringing anal segment as long as .62 mm. Spiracles 

 pallid, .12 mm. in diameter, with fine brown ring^. Dorsal line even, 

 dark green, and bordered with an obscure blotching of rather bright 

 yellow. The segmental creases cf each segment fine, bright yellow. 



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

 grass green. Ventral surface with some short, sharp, colorless, spicu- 

 liferous hairs, perhaps .16 mm. in length on the average. Legs pale 

 orange brown, shining, darker at tips. The two suprastigmatal bands 

 as in previous stage, pale yellow, not very prominent nor sharply defined. 

 The substigmatal band white, even, but not conspicuous. 



Length 21 mm. Width at first thoracic 1.90 mm. Width at anal seg- 

 ment 1.68 mm. 



Chrysalis. Slender and cylindrical, of almost 'uniform width until 

 tapering rapidly at the last three abdominal segments. Head with sides 

 straight, slightly narrower than the thorax. Ocellar swellings rather 

 prominent. Head in middle protuberant, the pmjcction extending to a 

 distance of 2 mm. and ending in a rounded knob. 



On the abdominal segments a prominent dark green dorsal line, .5 mm. 

 in width, marked on cither side with a crcnate yellowish white edging. 

 This dorsal line narrowing posteriorly and fading out on the last two 

 abdominal segments. A subdorsal, yellow white band, fairly prominent, 

 beginning on abdominal segment one, parallel with the dorsal line, but 

 converging laterally, and then sweeping back dorsally so as to join the 

 d- rsal line at next to the last abdominal segment, where both bands 

 disappear. Tongue case freely extending beyond tips of wings to a 

 distance of 3.4 mm., truncated at end, where the width is .16 mm. In 

 color the free portion of the tongue is a sordid green, with a prominent 

 golden brown edging. 



Color a delicate green, slightly deeper in tone on the abdomen dorsally. 

 Head protuberance and cremaster opaque. A few fuscous hairs, clavate 

 and sharply bent, on edges of head case; the-,e an exceedingly minute, 

 but .02 mm. in height, and very infrequent. Spiracles elongate, .1-1 mm. 

 in length, with a distinct brown edging. Hooklets of -remaster opaque. 

 .26 mm. in length, abrnntly cm- iked apically into a clubbed head, .02 

 mm. in width and reddish brown tinned. 



Length 20.5 mm. Width of head 3 mm. Width of th-irax 3.75 mm. 

 Suspend''-! \\eal.ly by a small button of silk anally, and with a strong 

 but loose thoracic girdle. 



