NO. 1376. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE KOOTEXM DISTRICT— DYAR. 831 



FELTIA VANCOUVERENSIS Grote. 



Seventy-tivo specimeiLs, May 3L, June 5, 13, Ifi, 25, July 2, 28 (Bear 

 Lake Mountain). Somewhat variable in color and the distinctnes.s of 

 the markings. Eg-g.s were freely laid ])y captive females. 



E(/(/. — Laid singly, adherent, pressed under o})jects in the jar. 

 Nearly spherical, the basal half spheroidally tlattened. Ribs about 4(>, 

 low, not short, diminishing toward vertex. Reticulations all over sui-- 

 face, forming crests to the ri))s and cross-stria^ between, moderate, not 

 sharp; all granular shagreened; area alwut the micropyle reticular, the 

 micropyle itself a raised cone with circle of pyriform cells. Pale 

 yellow, later with a broken red ring and spot; diameter 0.9 nun. 



Stage I.- — Head rounded bilobed, wider than high, clvpeus hiirh; 

 black, epistoraa and antennas whitish. Body colorless whitish, ti-reen 

 from the food, shields and tubercles blackish. Cervical shield moder- 

 ate with two detached sette; tubercles not large, sette pale with bulbous 

 tips, iv above the center of spiracle. Thoracic feet blackish. 



Stage II. — Head rounded bilobed, shining black; width, o.-i mm. 

 Body robust, cylindrical, joint 12 not preceptibly enlarged. Sordid 

 greenish white with faint marks of brown, washed longitudinallj'. 

 Cervical shield and plates shining black; feet of joints 7 and 8 small. 

 Tubercles round, black; setie short, distinct. Thoracic feet dusk}-. 



Stage III. — Head rounded quadrate, shining black, sutures pale; 

 width 0.6 nmi. Body sordid brown, the green showing a little, dorsal, 

 subdorsal, and lateral lines tine, wdiitish, obscure; sul)stigmatal line 

 broad, pale; sub venter more greenish. Cervical shield large, semi- 

 circular; tubercles moderate; anal plate and leg shields shining black. 

 Feet of joints 1 and 8 still small. 



Stage lY. — Head rounded, broad, brown below, the vertex black, 

 black dots on face and a patch on eye; width O.S nnn. Body dark 

 sordid l)rown, the ordinary lines showing a shade paler, dark edged. 

 Tubercles rather large, l)rown black; shields smok}-^; seta? short, 

 pale, slightly enlarged at the tips. 



Stage V. — Head round, solidlj- brown black over lobes, clvpeus and 

 area about eyes pale, sordid; width 1.2 mm. Body moderate, uniform, 

 joint 12 scared}^ enlarged. Dark sordid brown, a pale su))dorsal 

 band, contracted at the incisures indicates a broad pale dorsal area, 

 nearly tilled with dark brown; dorsal line pale, obsolete. Sides dark, 

 the stigmatal region paler, lateral line obsol(>te. Tubeivles rather 

 large, round, black; cervical shield large, shining bi(.\\ n ])la(k: scta> 

 short. 



Stage VI. — Head as before, width, 1.7 mm. doint 1-2 scarcely en- 

 larged. The pale dorsal space is now distinct with central diamonil- 

 shaped marks. Sides dark, lateral line indicated. No other distinct 



