NO.1290. LARV.E OF MOTHS FROM COLORADO— DYAR. 381 



CUCULLIA LAETIFICA Lintner. 



Larra. — Head rounded, bilobed, erect, free; white, .sutures of v\y- 

 peus, a broad band from antenna to above clj'peus joined by dotting-s 

 to another band covering the backs of the lobes and sides black; width 

 3.2 mm. Body greenish white with diffuse, clouded, dorsal, subdorsal 

 (fainter), and stigmatal yellowish bands; curiously black banded. 

 Three irregular transverse bands on each segment; one across tuber- 

 cles i and ii, widened there, joined by an anteriorly situated dorsal 

 bar, rounded furcate laterally; an irregular dark anterioi band and a 

 broken posterior one, enkxrged into a subdorsal spot. Irregular black 

 markings subventrall}^ and on the feet; tubercle vi in a white space. 

 Feet normal, equal; thoracic ones black marked; tubercle iv at the 

 lower corner of spiracle or below. In some examples the ])lack is 

 joined in a subdorsal line. 



Larvae at Golden and Sedalia on the prairie near the base of the foot- 

 hills on a low tufted species of Chrysothamnus. Found early in June 

 in the last four larval stages, no marked difference except in size. 

 These handsome larva? resemble those of a Papil'w of the ((stcrias 

 group to a remarkable degree. Pupation in the earth in a rather firm 

 cell of considerable size, lined with silk. First imagos July 5. 



IPIMORPHA PLEONECTUSA Grote. 



Larva. — Head broad, slightly bilobed, fiat before, white with a 

 broad black band on the angle on each side, irregularly edged, meet- 

 ing vertically except for the suture; epistoma surrounded by brown; 

 width about 3 mm. Body light green, translucent, densely minutely 

 clear granular. A white dorsal stripe and a narrower broken sub- 

 dorsal one; substigmatal line white, narrow; all the lines reaching 

 from joint 2 to the anal feet, but the green shield onl}^ faintly white 

 lined. Tubercles i and ii white, the rest green, obscure; spiracles 

 flesh colored, dark rimmed; elaspers whitish. 



The larva was found hiding in a folded leaf made by a Tineid on the 

 Cottonwood in Denver. It hid most persistently, and was disturbed 

 on l)eing forcibly exposed. Mature larva early in June ; imago July 10. 



CISSURA VALENS Henry Edwards. 



Stage IV. — Head round, full above, oblique, the apex almost under 

 joint 2, dark gray, heavily mottled reticulate with black on a white 

 ground, leaving a conspicuous white speck on the face of each lobe; 

 width 1.5 mm. Body slender, elongate, the feet on joints T and 8 

 much smaller than the others. Whitish gra}^, silky, shining; dorsal 

 and addorsal lines gray, dotted powdery; addorsal line straight, 

 widened centrally on the segments; subdorsal line black, waved, bend- 

 ing upward in the incisures. Latei-al, suprastigmatal and two sub- 

 ventral lines gray, dotted, confused, subgeminate. Thoracic feet 



