NO. 1376. LEPIDOPTERA OF THE KOOTENAI DISTRTCT—DYAR. 801 



IxhIv. Soinc luive ii l>l<ic-k tuft on joint ('>, IIioiimIi >ni;ill. and a few 

 black hairs on joints 3 and 4. 



Stage VI. — Head white, more or less marked with black; width 4.5 

 nnn. Body o-roenisli white, immaculate or shaded with .sordid l>rown- 

 isli, with black dorsal marks. No pencils, all the hair MutlV white oi- 

 yellow, soft, curled, abundant, the sccondar}^ predominant; warts 

 small, inconspicuous. 



APATELA INNOTATA Guenee, var. GRISEOR Dyar. 



Sixteen specimens, June 13, 16, 23, 25, 30, July 4, 19,.30. A western 

 variety of innotata, slight!}^ larger, the white ground color more dis- 

 tinctly strewn with black scales and the black marks )>ordering the 

 usual lines sharper and more pronounced, especially noticeable in the 

 transverse anterior line, which in innotata is almost lost; in cjphe(/r it 

 is often nearly as obvious as the transverse posterior line. 



Egg. — Flat, moderately arched, no rim, the edge rather steep; about 

 50 ribs, diminishing in the middle of the side and again toward vertex, 

 irregularly ending about the microp3dar area, which is shagreened; 

 wav}', moderate, no reticulations. Bluish green. Diamc^ter 1 nun., 

 height 0.4 mm. 



Stage I. — Head cordate, translucent, whitish; mouth pointed. Body 

 white, the food showing green, tul)ercles not large, elevated, concol- 

 orous; hairs long, fine, white, the dorsal ones coarse, all single, no 

 subprimaries; on thorax ia+ib, iib small. 



Stage II. — Head round, bilobed, a little elongate, whitish; width 

 0.5 mm. Bod}" normal, warts prominent, with one or two long and 

 several short hairs, the latter with enlarged tips; all transparent 

 whitish, food green, the male glands showing white; traces of a white 

 subdorsal band beneath wart ii in spots. Hair all pale; no shields. 



Stage III. — Head deeplv bilobed, flattish )>efore, green; width 1.2 

 mm. Body uniform, joint 11 weak, with smaller warts. All green, 

 warts i and ii whitish. Warts round, elevated, bearing a long, dark hair 

 and many small, short, pale ones, with enlarged tips, except subven- 

 trally. where all the hairs are simple. Wart ii large, iv small, stig- 

 matal i)osteriorly ; the two upper thoracic warts (ia+ib and iia) approxi- 

 mate. Later there is a faint brownish dorsal spot between tubercles i 

 on joints 5, 8, 9, and 12. 



Stage IV. — Head green, mottled with brown spots over the lobe^; 

 in front; width 1.8 mm. Body with joint 12 slightly enlarged; wart- 

 with a few long hairs and many short truncate-tipped ones, subven- 

 tral hair feathered. At first marked as before. Waits i to iii yellow, 

 the yellow of i and ii confluent and inclosing red-l)rown spots on 

 joints 5 to 12. largest on 5, 8, 9, and 12. Traces of a yellow dorsal 

 line between. No secondary hairs dorsally, but se\(>ral tint> ones suh- 

 ventrallv- Later the dorsal markings beconu^ yellow spots with red- 



