NO. 1209. LIFE HISTORIES OF AMERICAN MOTHS— DYAR. 269 



The lar\a oi-curred to mo at Palm Beach, tMoiida. It is a true 

 Aivtiaii, rcsi'inbling Hali.sidota, but lacking- the hair piMu-il.s. It per- 

 sistently hides by day in leaves, apparently on th(> o-round near its 

 tree, and is consequently difficult to tind. 



Stxyc I. — Head round, slig-hth^ bilobed; lobes full; ch'peus moder- 

 ate; pale brown, shining, mouth blackish; width, O.G mm. Body 

 ochraceous, orange brown in the incisures; a broad white dorsal stripe 

 on joints 5 to 10. edged by a subdorsal brown stripe that occupies all 

 of the dorsum of joint 11; joints 3 and 1 dorsally pinkish ])rown. No 

 cervical shield nor anal plate; seta? in groups of tive subdorsally on 

 joint 2. Legs normal, arctiiform; shields elongate, dusky; tuber- 

 cles colorless, i to iii of joint 5 black, iii to vi of joints 5 to 11 dusky. 

 On thorax ia-|-ib, iia separate, lib weak, remote, posterior, vi 2-haired, 

 iii and v absent. On abdomen iv behind the spiracle, vi present, elon- 

 gate, without hairs. Hairs black, spinulose, ib of joints 3 and 1, iii of 

 12, and the subventral ones white. 



A still younger larva was difluseh" whitish lead color centrally on 

 joints (> to 10, orange at the ends, all the tubercles dusk}' ])lackish. 



Stage II. — Head rounded, bilobed, full; clypeus moderate; testace- 

 ous brown, shining; ocelli black; width, 0.9 mm. Joint 2 retracted 

 and with lateral warts only; joints 3 and 4 large, with long hair over- 

 hanging the head; two warts above the stigmatal wart, the upper one 

 the larger. On the abdomen warts i to vi present, about alike, mod- 

 erate, wart i a trace smaller, iv stigmatally posterior. Joints 2 to 4 

 and 12 to 13 orange, 12 the lightest; dorsum of joints 5 and 11 dull 

 vinous; dorsum of joints 6 to 10 and subventral region (tubercle iv to 

 the feet) opaquely whitish. Thoracic and anal feet orange tinted; 

 abdominal ones of joints 7 to 10 pale, with concolorous shields. Warts 

 black; hair ])lack dorsally, white subventrally, not very abundant, 

 longer at the ends. Later all vinous except joint 12, joints 2 to 4 

 lighter than the central part; subventer whitish, the white stripe 

 reduced to dots along wart v. 



Stage III — Head I'ounded, orange testaceous, ocelli black, four in 

 a semicircle, two below; jaws brown, mouth area pale; width, 1.36 mm. 

 Joint 2 much retracted, no cervical shield, as before. Dark vinous 

 dorsall}'; subventer and feet pale, nearly colorless. Joint 2 dorsalh' 

 luteous; 3 dark reddish orange; 6 to 10 white in a broad dorsal area 

 reaching wart ii; 12 orange, 13 paler except a narrow purplish dorsal 

 band on joints 12 and 13. Warts colorless; anal feet pale, extended. 

 Hair al)undant, black and white mixed, spinulose, longest at the ends. 

 The Ijlack hairs are slightly more pointed dorsally on joints 5 and 12, 

 but not forming tufts. A white stigmatal line on joints 5 to 11. The 

 larva looks purple, marked with white; the head, joints 1 and 12 red. 



Stage IV. — Head shining dark red brown, a little blackish lined 

 about the sutures, epistoma white; width 2.1 nun. Body as before, 



