No.iSTC. LEPIDOPrKRA OF THE KOOTEXA I DISTRICT— DY All. 879 



^'7/f7-— l^erfectly spherical, rolling- about in the dish like shot, very 

 slightly adluM-cnt as laid, hut nolciiouMJi to stick to a leaf. About 2«; 

 vertical ribs, diininishino- toward the cuds, sharp, cnvstcd bv the ver- 

 tical reticulations. l)ut low and with broadly concave spaces between, 

 rather remote. Cross stria> tine, parallel, forinino- rectangular cells 

 four times as wid(^ as long. Soi-did })al(^ green; diameter, (i.l> mm. 



St(i</e I. — Head rounded I)ilob('d, oval, whitish, u n!in-(»w curved 

 mottled brown l)and on the face of each lol)e, mouth hiown. IJod}' 

 long, slender, vibrant looping, sordid whitish without marks. Feet 

 of joints 7 and S very short; shields {-oncolorous; tubercles small, 

 brown, scta> moderate, pointed. 



HOMOPTERA CALYCANTHATA Smith and Abbot. 



Seven specimens. May 13 (Mr. Cockle), June 1, 2, ItJ, 19, 23. The 

 moths occurred in two forms, witli and without ocherous shadiiu«-. 

 Eggs were obtained from both and the resulting larvie proved indis- 

 tinguishable. 



Einj. — Two-thirds spherical, the base flattened, rounded under. 

 About 10 ribs, narrow, moderate, w^aved, with faint obsolete cross 

 strife; apex broadly recticular, the cells as broad as tw^o ribs, quad- 

 rangular, then smaller cells, the micropyle with a circle of pyi'iform 

 cells. Bluish green; diameter, 1 mm. 



Stage I. — Head rounded bilobed, held obliquely, pale brown. Body 

 slender, rapidl}" vibrant looping, feet of joints 7 and S very short. 

 Whitish translucent, green in the alimentar}^ canal before eating, 

 apparently from the green ^gg^ which does not turn red. Tubercles 

 moderate, black; shields concolorous, the elliptical leg plates of joints 

 9, 10, and 13 smokv. 



Stage II. — Head elongate, the vertex full, oldique; gray whitish, 

 shining, heavih' black reticulate, forming a band on vertex of lobes 

 from occiput to above ch^peus; width, 0.0 mm. Body slender, 

 elongate, feet of joints 7 and 8 very short and not used; slaty gray, 

 greenish diluted dorsally, bi'ownish laterally; geminate dorsal, sub- 

 dorsal, lateral and broad substigmatal gray lines, obscure. Cervical 

 shield concolorous, leg shields olivaceous. Tubercles small, bhu-k. 

 seta? moderate, l)lack; joint 12 a little enlarged dorsally; thoracis- feet 

 pale. 



Stage TIL — Head round, full, clypeus depressed, blackish, dotted 

 with white in six lines on vertex and a confused area over sides, a 

 whitish grav bar each side of clypeus, clypeus gray with three erect 

 black marks; width, 1 nun. Body slender, anal feet long, divergent, 

 thos(> of joints 7 and S very short; joint 12 slightly hunqied dorsally. 

 Blackish, diluted in sordid green on joints 5 to 7; wavy addorsal, 

 straight subdorsal and lateral lines wdiitish; stigniatnl and subventral 

 lines similar, equally narrow. Feet pale, the abdominal ones gray 



