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round, black, low elevated. Shields concolorous with the black tuber- 

 cles; feet pale, whitish; skin minutely sparsely dark granular. 



Stage II. — Head round, shining pale green; width, O.T mm. Body 

 slender, rather elongate, feet of joints 7 and 8 short, joint 12 slightly 

 enlarged. Translucent pale green, no marks, no shields, very faintly 

 indicated dorsal and subdorsal pale lines. Tubercles minute, setae 

 moderate, rather stiff, black. 



Stage III. — Head shining green, ocelli black; width, 1.05 mm. 

 Body rather slender, feet of joints 7 and 8 shortened, joint 12 enlarged 

 dorsally. Soft green, dark dorsally, pale subventrally; dorsal and 

 subdorsal lines narrow white, the stigmatal line broader, white, edged 

 with dark green above. Feet green; no shields; tubercles white with a 

 black hair dots. 



Stage lY. — Head rounded, the apex in joint 2, shining green, luteous 

 tinted; width 1.6 mm. Body cylindrical, joint 12 not enlarged, the 

 feet equal. Translucent green, dotted with white, the incisures folded 

 yellowish. Dorsal line narrow, sulidorsal more distinct, broken, dotted 

 white, edged by a space from which the white dots are absent. Stig- 

 matal line broad, white on its dorsal edge, diffuse and fading below, 

 covering the spiracle except on joints 2 and 12. Feet green; tubercles 

 white with black hair dots; setc« minute. 



Stage V. — Head greenish luteous, shining, faintly brown tinted 

 above and vacuolated by the greenish ground; width 2.2 mm. Dorsum 

 pale brown to the spiracles by thick brown and whitish dots on the 

 green ground color; dorsal line obscure, white, dark edged, a dark spot 

 on tubercle i; subdorsal line linel}' dotted, faintly dark edged; stig- 

 matal line narrow, white, passing below the spiracle on joints 2 and 12; 

 su])ventral region green with white dots. Feet jjide; spiracles white 

 with black edge; thoracic feet a little smoky; tubercles white with 

 dark hair dots, obscure; setae short and fine. 



Stage YI. — Head rounded, wider than high, shining greenish luteous, 

 reticulate in pale brown, the ground showing as rounded dots; width 

 3.1 mm. Body moderate, joint 12 slightly enlarged, feet equal, no 

 shields. Mottled with brown and dotted with whitish on a pale green 

 ground to the spiracles, subventral region green with white dots, the 

 dorsum appearing greenish brown, the venter green. Dorsal line 

 whitish, dark edged, the edges macular in the incisures, tubercles 

 i and ii with brown spots above; stigmatal line narrow, white, vacuolar, 

 passing below the spiracle on joints 2 and 12; feet green like the sub- 

 ventral region; tubercles small, whitish; set^e small. 



HADENA FINITIMA Guenee, var. CERVIANA Smith. 



Four specimens, June 8, 13, 23, July 8. In Bulletin 52 of the U. S. 

 National Museum, I referred cerviaiui as a variety of the European 

 hasilinea Fabricius on the strength of a specimen labeled for me by 



