88 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. ix. 



THE EARLIER STAGES OF CERATOMIA 

 AMYNTOR. 



By William Beutenmuller. 



Stage I. — Body pale green, with a whitish dorsal line and one on 

 each side on the subdorsal, the oblique stripes along the sides running 

 through the subdorsal line and almost touching the stripe on the dor- 

 sum. Caudal horn yellowish with two fine fork-like setae at the tip. 

 On each the second and third segments are two short, blunt, stout 

 tubercles. Thoracic feet and abdominal legs green. Length, 8.50 

 mm. Getting ready to moult July 13. Moulted July 14th. 



Stage II. — Same color as in previous stage. Body and head, gran- 

 ulated, and the line along the dorsum in form of serrations. The 

 tubercles on the second and third segments more prominent. The 

 body is regularly wrinkled and the granulations are placed on these 

 transversely. Length, 15 mm. Moulted July i8th. 



Stage III — Uniform green above and below. The dorsal line is 

 now composed of rather prominent elevated serrations and at the an- 

 terior edge of the first segment a transverse row of serrations. The 

 oblique stripes along the side almost touch the dorsal line. Caudal 

 horn yellow. The tubercles on the second and third segments yellow 

 and beset with small yellow protuberances. There is also a serrated, 

 yellow, subdorsal line, beginning at the anterior edge of the first seg- 

 ment and running to the end of the fourth segment ; it is broken by 

 the tubercles. Length, 21 mm. Moulted July 22d. 



Stage IV. — Head green with a yellow line on each side and 

 covered with yellow, granular dots. Thoracic feet yellow, tip red. 

 The tubercles on the second and third segment are now fleshy and 

 very prominent with canary yellow protuberances. The row of serra- 

 tions on the anterior edge of the first segment is now also very promi- 

 nent. The subdorsal line as in the previous stage. The dorsal line 

 prominent and distinctly serrated, pinkish, white. The seven pink- 

 ish white oblique stripes along the sides, raised by tubercular dots. 

 Caudal horn yellowish. Anal plates with yellow borders. Body 

 wholly dotted with whitish grandular dots. Length, 25 mm. Moulted 

 July 27th. 



Stage V. — Same color and marking as in the preceding stage, ex- 

 cept the thoracic feet, pink. Length, 45 mm. Moulted July 31st 

 and August ist. 



