LEPIDOPTERA OF THE KOOTENAI DISTRICT— DYAR. 829 



Stage TL — Head shining- brown, darkly shadod al)()vo and in olvpeal 

 sutures; width, 0.5 nun. Cervical shield (larl< l>rown; hody moderate, 

 equal, dark green dorsally, pale subventrally; dorsal line white, 

 divided into two round spots to each segment; sulxlorsjil dotted 

 lateral a trace; stigmatal hand faint, indicating the l)()undai-\- h(>tween 

 the dorsal and ventral shades of grecMi. Tubercles large, round, Idack; 

 feet pale. 



St(i<je III. — Head dark shining brown, slightly reticulated, mouth 

 pale; width, 0.8 mm. Body moderate, dorsum dark brown, suhven- 

 ter pale vinous tinted. Dorsal line white, segnientai'ily sul»l)imaculate; 

 subdorsal dotted, stigmatal narrow, white, dividing tlie dorsal and 

 ventral colors. Tubercles v and vi black blotched. Thoracic fe(»t and 

 leg plates black. Tubercles obscure: seta' pale. 



Stage IV. — Head rounded, shining brown with black reticulations 

 and bands; width, 1.2 nuu. Bodv with joint 12 slightly enlarged, 

 dark brown, shaded solidly along the sides. Doi'sum and subventer 

 pinkish brown; dorsal and subdorsal lines dotted only, mixed with 

 other white dots. Upper edge of the stigmatal band white, the rest 

 like the subventral area. A cuneiform brown subdorsal patch on 

 joint 12. Tubercles small, l)lack, partly white ringed; thoracic feet 

 brown, abdominal ones pale. 



Stage Y. — Head rather high, roinided, the apex in joint 2, shining 

 light pinkish brown with broad black l)and from base of clypeus to 

 apex of lobe, joined by tine black reticulations, a pat*h before ocelli 

 and narrow band behind; width 2,2 nun. Body moderate, normal, 

 joint 12 scarcely enlarged. Olivaceous gray, finely black peppered 

 and penciled on an olivaceous lilaceous ground. Dorsal line a faint 

 pale streak, widened into a pale yellow spot posteriorly on the seg- 

 ments; subdorsal line a row of small yellow dots, with one at tul)ercle 

 ii and anteriorly on the segment just a])ove it; dorsal space eveidy pep- 

 pered, a little darker intersegmentally on the dorsal line;' the subdorsal 

 cuneiform black spot on joint 12 forms a narrow velvety bar, con- 

 stricted central!}', but not divided. Subdorsal line continuous on joints 

 12 and 13, pale yellow; on the anterior qxV^o of the cervical shield 

 carneous tinged. Sides evenly peppered, violaceous washed below; 

 substigmatal line moderate, even, its upper edge foi-ming a narrow 

 pale yellow line, waved, black-edged above, its lower edg(^ fainter but 

 similar, lilled with brownish dots like the subventral area, a little more 

 reddish than that, and t)oth on a violaceous ground. Thoracic feet 

 light brown, abdominal ])alc; venter whitish: tubercles oi)scure: seta' 

 moderate. 



Stai^e YI. — (Not observed.) 



