NO. 1376. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE KOOTENA I DISTRICT— hY. I II. 819 



inappropriately iiaiiuHl. Lik(> many others of the AgTotids, it appeared 

 .so late in the season tliat we made no attempt to obtain tlic larvie. 

 Hampson refers the species to the o-enns luirois. 



ADELPHAGROTIS PRASINA Fabncius. 



One hundred and twenty -eight specimens, -July 2, S, 14, IH, 21, 25, 

 27, 30, 31, August 1, 3, 6, 7, 13, 17, 18, 22 (Revelstoke). 



E(j(/. — Laid in a high pile, several layers thick in the center; neatly 

 two-thirds spherical, base flat; ribs about 5(>, thin, narrow and very 

 regular, not diminishing in number till near the summit, and then very 

 inconspicuously. They are joined by neat, distinct cross stria', form- 

 ing square cells. Above them are two rows of cells, one rounded 

 quadrangular, the upper ones neatly trapezoidal; the micropylar crown 

 radiately, finely but slightlj^ raised, not shov/ing a distinct cell struc- 

 ture; greenish white, later w ith apical, vacuolar reddish spot, no ring; 

 diameter, 0.7 mm. 



Stage I. — Head bilobed, shining black, epistoma reddish. Cervical 

 shield trapezoidal, shining black; body moderate, semilooping; feet of 

 joints 7 to 8 shorter than the others; all whitish, immaculate; thoracic 

 feet faintly infuscated; abdominal ones white. Joint 12 slightly 

 enlarged; tubercles very small and inconspicuous, black; settv rather 

 long, dark, pointed; skin shining. 



Stage II. — Head translucent pale luteous, slightly spotted by the 

 tubercles; width, 0.65 mm. Body rather slender, joint 12 slightly 

 enlarged, the feet of joints 7 and 8 small; soft translucent green, the 

 food darker; dorsal, subdorsal, and broad substigmatal lines a shade 

 paler; tubercles small, black; feet pale; no shields. 



Stage III. — Head round, slightly bilobed, the apex in joint 2. lute- 

 ous, shining; the tubercle spots black; Avidth, 0.1> nun. Body mod- 

 erate, joints 5, 6, and 12 slightly enlarged, feet of joint 7 small; green. 

 a little grayish, the segmental incisures folded, whitish. Dorsal line 

 a series of Avhite intersegmental dashes, subdorsal line dotted, no lat- 

 eral line, but a dark olivaceous shade above the stigmatal band, which 

 is broad, greenish white, and centrally greenish filled. Tubercles 

 round black; feet pale; setaj line, moderate; no shields. Joint 2 is pale 

 in front. 



Stage IV. — Head pale luteous; the tubercle spots ])lack; width, 1.2 

 mm. Body moderate, joint 12 little enlarged; soft green, dorsal and 

 subdorsal lines white, broken, edged by dark-brown dottings, forming 

 traces of a lattice marking. Heavy dark marking above the white 

 stigmatal line, Avhicli is partly green-fille<l. Tubercles in <lusky spots; 

 feet pale. 



Stage V. — Head pale brown with dark reticulations, a broad shaded 

 band on the lobe before, tul)ercles black; width, 1.7 nnn. Body mod- 

 erate, joint 12 enlarged dorsally and laterally; pale olivaceous, brown- 



