2 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. v. 



rounded, not sharply defined; (4) is evidently situated in the incisure 

 on the posterior edge of its corresponding segment. (i) and (4) are 

 the largest and have distinct dark centers, both transversely elongated. 

 Skin granules large, rounded, contiguous, rather confused and irregular 

 so that the surface appears creased and coarsely shagreened rather than 

 covered with distinct granules. In stage I the sette are arranged as in 

 Apoda y-inversa and have the same structure. Their course of reduc- 

 tion in the later stages is also the same. The skin granules when first 

 appearing are of two forms, numerous fine ones and a few larger ones 

 which form short spines on the ridges. These persist till the last stage, 

 when the granulation is rendered uniform, but confused. 



The coloration is a light yellowish green, marked obscurely with 

 yellow, adapted to the color of the leaves it feeds on, 



AFFiNniEs, Habits, etc. 



This larva is nearly allied to Apoda y-inversa and to what 1 now 

 think is A. biguttaia, * also in a less degree to the Packardias. It dif- 

 fers from these in the peculiar granulation. In referring the species to 

 Tortricidia, the characters of the moth alone were considered. On the 

 whole the species seems not strictly congeneric, phylogenetically, with 

 either Apoda or Tortricidia, and the name Litlwcodes would be justified, 

 if any good characters could be found in the moth. From Tortricidia 

 pallida and Heterogenea flexuosa (?) this larva differs in the slight 

 development of the depressed spaces which are as in Apoda. The shape 

 is similar in both. 



T. fasciola ranges to the north, probably as far as T. pallida and it 

 also ranges well to the south. It is an abundant species in New York, 

 the larvae always well separated and living on a variety of plants, for 

 the most part low. Occasionally the larvae will be found on very low 

 shrubs. They are not particular as to the position of their food plant 

 in regard to light, being found in open as well as dark woods. The 

 small eggs are laid singly on the backs of the leaves in July and the 

 larvK mature in September. There are seven larval stages, occasion- 

 ally eight, the larvae feeding in stage I, as in all the smooth Eucleids. f 



A newly hatched larva was found by me on wild cherry and carried 

 through to maturity. I am indebted to Miss Morton for fertile eggs, 

 from which also I followed out the life history. 



* Described as ApoJa y-itiversa, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. VIII, 221. 



f Our statement to the contrary in the case of Apoda y-inversa is an error. 



