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Fig. 3. — Cervical shield of larva ot Chryso- 

 ■phaniis zei'a'. 



d(ir?al biie (iatku- or (luc-c: Iwircii. most coiisjiicuous on middle 



jregmenls, and wiih a lighter line on 

 each side; lateral line whitish; cervical 

 shield (Fig. 3) sunken, in the sha])e of 

 a double diamond, the one cephalad 

 large>t, bluish-gray, with a lighter line 

 down the centre. Dorsal and lateral 

 haTs and. a few small ones dorsc- 

 laterad, brownish ; remaining sma 1 

 hairs whitish. Dorsal side of body 

 covered with scattered, white, hairless 

 tubercles, scircely vi-i )!c to the naked eye. A small pit on each " side of 

 1 2th segment, grayi>h at the bottom. Flead dark brown, fore legs light 

 brown, cliws daiker, prolegs light grten ; the mirute hooks on these 

 reddish brown. Lengih befjre pupation 17 mm.; width, 5 mm. 



Pupa. — Length, 10. 50-10. 75 mm.; width. 4-4.25 mm. Rather stout, 

 but longer for its breadth than usual with lycjenid chry.-alids ; venter 

 aj^proximattly straight ; dorsum with two humps, one on the thorax and 

 the othtr at the third and fourth abdominal segments ; widest near the 

 posteiior end of the wing-cases, opposite the third abdominal segment ; 

 ht-ad abruptly narrower than the thorax. Colour at first very pale 

 yeilowish-greer, with a pinkish dorsal stripe; later, ground colour pale 

 straw-yeliow, with a slight greenish tinge about the thorax. An irregular 

 reticulation of brown lines on dorsal and lateral sides, visible with a low- 

 power lens ; a number of brown blotches on the ventral side of the head, 

 also some lighter ones on the cases of the antenna, palpi and wings. A 

 distinct, narrow, brown or pinkish, dorsal line on the thorax, and a wider, 

 more suffused one on the abdomen. An irregular double row of brown 

 spots on the thorax and abdomen, dorsad of the spiracles, which protrude 

 slightly. Hairs, resembhng trumpets, and cnlled by Dr. Chapman 

 trump.et-hairs.f scattered thickly on dorsum of head, and more sparingly 

 on thorax and abdomen, here most numerous along the line of the 

 spiracles. These hairs are quite small, appearing, with a low-power lens 

 (X45), like minute tacks stuck into the skin. 



Lyccena fulla Edw. 

 Lyccena fulla is the most abundant Lyccena occurring about Lake 

 Tahoe. I discovered a female on July 8 ovipositing on Lupinus meionan- 

 thtis Gray. On the 18th I took thirty eggs, sixteen of which were laid on 



tEnt. Rec, XYII, 172, 322, ff. 



