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Finally, we may call attention to the very interesting general chapter 

 ■on the Lycsenidse at the beginning of the volume, which is of more than 

 usual interest and rather exceptional in a work of this kind. The work 

 itself must serve a very useful purpose ; its execution is remarkably even 

 and shows great skill and balance on the part of the author. There are 

 half a dozen plates like those of the former volumes and executed by the 

 same parties, excepting that two of them are chromo-lithographs, but we 

 could wish that some plates of the early stages might have been added, 

 and the direct purposes of the book for the Indian student would have 

 been served by others giving structural details. 



Samuel H. Scudder. 



PARTIAL PREPARATORY STAGES OF ERYCIDES 



BATABANO, Lef. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR, RHINEBECK, N. Y. 



Egg. — Nearly spherical, the base flattened a little. Around the sides 

 -are eighteen vertical ribs, every other one shorter, not reaching the sum- 

 mit. The natural color could not be ascertained. 



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Third (?) Larval Stage. — Head much larger than joint 2, flat 

 before, broadly excavate at the summit, minutely granulated. Colot 

 wine red, blackish on the lower third, with a large round orange spor 

 before the eyes on each side. Width of head 2.5 mm. The body tapers 

 to each extremity. Its color is wine red, with a darker shade over the 

 dorsum centrally, and seven transverse orange stripes on the upper half 

 of the body on joints 5 to 11, anteriorly, the posterior ones interrupted 

 dorsally. Venter a little whitish. Length of larva about 10 mm. It 

 forms a place of concealment in the manner of Eiidamus tityrus or E. 

 proteus by folding over a portion of the leaf and securing it by threads. 



Fourth Larval Stage. — Head much as before but the black shade 

 is less and the granulations more distinct. Width 3.8 mm. Body mark- 

 •ed as before ; very minutely pilose and with small semi-obsolete circular 



