NO. 1376. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE KOOTENAI DISTRICT— DY A U. 867 



Stage T. — Head rounded, slightly bilobcd, cl3'peus hij^li. wliitish; 

 three vertical rows of l)rown spots on each lol)e; width, 0.3 mm. Body 

 moderate, normal, joint 12 slightly enlarged, feet of joiiits 7 and 8 

 small, whitish; the tul)er('les small, brown, shields concolrous witli the 

 bod}^; no marks; feet pale; setse rather long, sharp, normal, ia to iib 

 separate. 



Stage IT. — Head long, rounded before, the apex in joint 2; whitish, 

 a brown line from the e3^e, one parallel to suture and edging clypeus 

 roundedly, and a row of dots approximate to the latter, ocelli black; 

 width, 0.55 mm. Body slender, joints 5 to 7 thicker and looped up a 

 little, joint 12 scarcely enlarged, 10 and 11 narrower, feet of 7 and 8 

 smaller; whitish, green from the food; dorsal, subdorsal, faint lateral, 

 broad substigmatal lines whitish; sides shaded in brown l)etween the 

 subdorsal and stigmatal lines. Tubercles small, dark; feet pale. 



Stage III. — Head elongate, narrowed to the mouth, held flatly, white, 

 with rows of purple-brown dots edging the suture on face and on 

 angle of lobes; clypeus dark edged, jaws dark, vertex of lobes smoky 

 behind; width, 0.8 mm. Body slender, elongate, slightly flattened, 

 feet of joint 7 very small, those of joint 8 larger; whitish, shaded with 

 ocherous; dorsal line white, dull olive edged, tubercle i in a large, olive 

 spot; ii in a smaller one; subdorsal line white, straight, traces of a 

 lateral line, the sides dark brown filled. Substigmatal line white, 

 showing on subventral fold, partly concealed subventrally and brown- 

 ish filled. Feet pale, with spots on the tubercles. 



Stage /K— Head held flatly, white with vertical dotted lines, two 

 on the lobe parallel to suture, one on side of head, marbled and a 

 streak from the eye, brown black; width, 1.1 mm. Body large for 

 the head, largest at joints 5 and 6, tapering each way, joint 12 again a 

 little enlarged. Fleshy whitish, tubercles small, l)lack ; lines on dorsum 

 whitish, obscure, hardly traceable, defined by grayish cloudings; sides 

 darker, with two whitish lateral lines; stigmatal band white, bisected 

 by luteous gray; feet pale. 



Stage F!— Head round, oblique, white, marked as before; width, 

 1.5 mm. Body slender and flattened, anal feet extended backward, 

 clasping. Fleshy brown, dorsal space yellowish brown, marbled be- 

 tween the narrow, obscure dorsal and subdorsal lines. l\ibercles 

 small, black; sides dark, shaded in broad, ditt'use longitudinal bandmgs; 

 substigmatal band white, geminate by a brown filling; subventral area 

 marbled in brown; feet pale with black tubercles; sette small. 



Stage FZ— Head held flat, the apex in joint 2, straw yellow, luteous 

 brown reticulate, the vertical bands no longer separate; width, 2.1 

 mm. Body flattened, the sides projecting, narrowed slightly toward 

 the ends, feet equal, no shields; straw brown, dotted with black with- 

 out distinct lines. The black dots are segregated about the obsok^te 

 dorsal and subdorsal lines and over the tubercles, especially on joints 

 11 and 12 where a contrasted shade is produced. Sides shaded in 



