JOURNAL 



ppiD Sork 6lntomologirfll ^oriFK^g. 



Vol. V. MARCH, 1897. ^o- 1- 



LIFE-HISTORIES OF THE NEW YORK SLUG CATER- 

 PILLARS.— VII-IX. 



By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D. 



PLATES I-II. 



Tortricidia fasciola Herrich-Schajfer. 

 l^cA^Limacodes fasciola Herrich-Schffiffer, Ausser. Schmett. fig. i86. 

 ^ito-Limacodes laticlavia Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. XII, 157- 

 ^%b^-Lithacodes fasciola Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Ill, 345- 

 i'S,?,2— Lima codes fasciola Grote, Check List, 17. 

 i^^e^Lithacodes laticlavia Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. II, 9- 

 xZ^\—Limacodes fasciata Smith, List Lep. 28. 

 1892— Z///5am/^5/rtj«^/aKirby, Cat. Lep. Het. I, 555. 

 xZ^^-Tortricidia fasciola Neumoegen & Dyar, Journ. N. \. Ent. Soc. II, /b. 



Larva. 



i860— Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phil. XII, 157. 

 1872-Lintner, 26th Kept. N. Y. State Cab. Nat. Hist. 149. 

 1883— Saunders, Ins. Inj. Forest Trees, 179. 

 1893— Packard, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. XXXI, loi. 

 iS94_Dyar, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. VIII, 221. 



Special Structural Characters. 

 Dorsal space broad, flat, narrowing to the ends in a short rounded 

 margin, gently arched; lateral space broad, oblique, slightly concave 

 narrowing to the ends; subventral space small, retracted. Subdorsal 

 ridge slight, angulated, smooth at maturity, the tubercles disappearing 

 during ontogeny and finally the set^ also. Lateral ridge moderately 

 prominent, also smooth at maturity. Head and joint 2 we 1 retracted 

 ^ ........ •- • ™ — \r^A r-lf^fi-Jil-p Dorsal 



Segments unusually distinct, the incisures marked, cleft-like. Dorsal 

 outline elliptical, joint 13 forming a broad quadrate termination. De- 

 pressed spaces (I) to (8) present, deep, but not large, the margms 



