Dec.,i9oi.] Beutenmuller : On Lobobun.ea Ph.edusa. 



193 



NOTES ON THE EARLIER STAGES OF LOBOEU- 

 N^A PHiEDUSA. 



Bv William Beutenmuller. 



(Plate XII.) 



In connection with the preceding article on page 191 by Dr. A. S. 

 Packard the following brief notes on the egg, larva and pupa of Lobo- 

 huncBii phcediisa may be of interest: 



The egg (Fig. 4) is finely and regularly reticulated, and measures 

 3 mm. in length and 2.25 mm. in width. The color is dirty white 

 and banded longitudinally with brown. Laid early in May, in clusters 

 on the under surface of a leaf. The fully grown larva (Fig. 5) is 

 robust with the last segments somewhat smaller than the anterior. In 

 life the color is probably green or yellowish green with the margins of 



LobobuiKEa p/mdttsa. I, pupa ; 2, last segment showing two openings ; 3, 

 underside of last segment and anal process ; 4, eggs. 



the anal plates and cervical shield orange. The dorsal parts of each 

 segment, except the last, are prominently elevated with a depression 

 on each elevation. Along the sides below the spiracles is a prominent 

 fold, broken at the junctions of the segments. The spiracles are large, 

 and the tubercles are very short and inconspicuous. In length it 

 measures about 95 mm. 



