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the larva is filled out by feeding. Depressed areas irregularly sculp- 

 tured, creased, regular, the dorsal (i) transversely elongate, hexagonal, 

 addorsal small, rounded; latticed ridges very narrow, almost linear, 

 but the areas not much depressed. Sides hollowed below the round 

 bulging ridge, which 1 as a segmental row of round clear glandular areas 

 on its lower aspect ; surface slightly granular without well-defined 

 sculpturing, two angular areas just indicated, the upper (7) pentagonal, 

 the lower (8) rounded. Color greenish, the ridge broadly brown with 

 the connecting band as before at the highest part of the dorsum. The 

 back is a little angled at the segment posterior to this band (joints 7-8). 

 Length 1.8 to 2.9 mm. 



Stage III. — Much as before, but the depressed areas or plates are 

 better defined. They are large, almost contiguous, still somewhat de- 

 pressed, irregularly shagreened, the narrow latticed ridges, and especially 

 the high bulging subdorsal ridge, distinctly scaled as in the full-grown 

 larva. The dorsal plates (i) have a paired character as seen by a cen- 

 tral line and two glandular dots on each side (PI. VII, fig. 7). On the 

 sides the plates are depressed, not very distinctly bounded. There can 

 be distinguished besides those formerly seen (7 and 8) also a small seg- 

 mental row just above the sabventral edge (9). Dorsal and lateral 

 areas sunken, ridge prominent, rounded, smooth. Shape elliptical, 

 square anteriorily, tail obtusely pointed, the back evenly arching from 

 head to tail. Coloration at first as before, but soon the great diversity 

 in individual markings appears. In three larvse from eggs laid by the 

 same moth, three types appeared. The sides in all remained pale 

 green, but the back was variously marked with reddish-brown. The 

 extent of variation is from the minimum of a line along the subdorsal 

 ridge with connecting transverse bar to the maximum of a complete 

 brown dorsal space. Length 2.9 to 3.9 mm. 



Stage IV. — The larva now exactly resembles the mature form ex- 

 cept in size. The plates are quite distinct and the scale-like skin gran- 

 ules well developed. Markings better defined than before and as vari- 

 ous as at maturity. Length 3 9 to 5 6 mm. 



Stage V. — Head greenish-white, eye black, jaws brown with two 

 black bands; palpi pale. All the plates are distinct (Plate VII, figs. 7 

 and 8), the scaling as in the mature larva. Plates shagreened, scarcely 

 sunken, the dorsal ones (i) divided by a slight raised line. Hump on 

 joints 7-8 quite well marked, bat varying in different larvte ; tail round 

 pointed. In an example selected for description the dorsum was 

 creamy-brown, the ridge above, all the dorsal latticed ridges and a nar- 



