LEPIDOPTEIIA OF THE KOOTENAI DISTRICT— DYMl. 847 



small; joint 12 enlaiofed dorsally. Pale ^reen, shaded with olivaceous 

 blackish, leaving narrow dorsal, subdorsal, and lateral pale straif^ht 

 lines. Stigniatal band whitish, illy defined below from the pale sub- 

 venter. Tn])ercles small, black; feet pale. 



Stage III. — Head round, the apex slightly in joint 2; green, ocelli 

 black; width, 1 mm. Body normal joint 12 slightly enlarged, feet 

 nearly e([ual, those of joint 7 only a little reduced. Green, dorsal and 

 subdorsal lines narrow, white, blackish green edged, this color mot- 

 tling the ground a little. Substigmatal band ])road, white above, 

 shading to the subventral color bclow% edged above with blackish 

 green, leaving a lateral defined line of the ground color. Subventral 

 region slightly dark-marbled; hair dots black in a pale rim; feet pale. 

 Other larvaj were faintly brown shaded. 



Stage IV. — Head rounded, the apex in joint 2; whitish luteous, 

 reticulate with smoky In-own over the lol)es; width, 1.5 nun. Body 

 sordid green, dotted and reticulate with olivaceous green, edging the 

 lines and forming an obscure lattice in the dorsal space. Dorsal, sub- 

 dorsal and lateral lines white, narrow, broken; stigmatal band l)road, 

 white, covering the spiracle except on joints 2 and 12, dark-edged 

 above, greenish-filled below; a few wdiite dots scattered over the sur- 

 face. Feet all pale; spiracles black-rimmed; joint 12 slightly enlarged; 

 feet nearly equal. 



Stage V. — Head whitish luteous, the reticulations forming a })and 

 on the lobe and a small one from the eye; width, 2.1 nun. Body nor- 

 mal, joint 12 scarcely enlarged; pale brown without green tint; dorsal, 

 subdorsal, and lateral lines broken and lost in the ground color, dotted 

 reticulate with white and dark brown, forming irregular narrow 

 oblique dark lines on the segments posteriorly forward and down- 

 ward, obscurely joining a dark band stigmatally, forming a transverse 

 sulxlorsal bar on joint 12. Stigmatal band lost in the ground color, a 

 red line tilling it above, whiter than the subventral area, which is dot- 

 ted like the dorsum, but with more white and less brown. Feet pale; 

 tu])ercles small, white, obscure. 



Stage TY.— Head rounded, the apex in joint 2, pale brown, shining, 

 dark brown reticulate, with broad indistinct vertical bands and a l)and 

 from the eye; width, 3 mm. Body normal, joint 12 very little 

 enlarged. Pale l)rown, tessellated with blackish, dotted and reticu- 

 late. The l)lackisii color forms subdorsal bars and dorsal spots, smoky 

 and ditfusc, transverse and s((uarish on joint 12; a broad lateral line 

 indicated in pale. Substigmatal band pale, reddish mottled and all 

 dark reticulate like the body; subventer dotted and reticulutc Feet 

 and venter pale; tubercles whitish, ol)scure. 



