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of the horns it would be lower, except that this character may not be 

 primary. The hairs are also less specialized. 



The allies of our Calybia are in the West Indies and on the South 

 American coast, as seen by the species reviewed above. C. slossonice 

 is the Floridian representative of C. pygmcea Grote from Cuba, differ- 

 ing from it in the smaller size of the mark at the anal angle. My male 

 specimens all possess a small but evident yellowish mark in this loca- 

 tion. In the females it is absent. 



During the winter season the cocoons of C. slossonice may be found 

 more or less commonly on the leaves or bark of the mangrove trees 

 throughout southern Florida. The chalky white cocoons are very con- 

 spicuous on the green leaves, but on the whitish bark hard to detect. 

 The white color of the moth seems to have the same protective value. 

 It is remarkable why so many of the cocoons are spun upon the leaves, 

 as if the instinct to seek the place for which the cocoon is adapted were 

 lapsing. As the larvge live on a plant which is always situated in water, 

 they never leave it, even to spin. The moths emerge in about seven 

 weeks, but scattering. The eggs are laid almost at once, They hatch 

 in 15 days. The larvae are solitary, resting on the under sides of the 

 leaves; when young they eat little spots and channels through the 

 lower epidermis, but at maturity the whole leaf is eaten as usual. 



Detailed Description of Certain Stages. 



Egg. — Elliptical, flat, somewhat irregular in size and shape, but 

 never circular; translucent, pale yellow both on glass and leaves; 1.6 

 X1.9, 1. 4X1. 2, etc. Laid singly. Reticulations rather prominent, quad- 

 rangular, irregular, distinct. The form of the developing embryo miy 

 be rather plainly seen (Plate V, Figs, i to 14). 



Stage I. — Head retracted, joint 2 mostly exposed. Dorsum flat, the 

 sides nearly perpendicular, rounded. A subdorsal row of spines, the 

 basal portion enlarged next the body, tapering, ribbed; distal part 

 stiff, dark. Arrangement as in Phobetron except for the absence of the 

 lower spine on joint 4. Lateral spines reduced almost to obliteration 

 (Plate V, Fig. 15). Segments 7, 9 and 11 weak, as shown by the 

 horns leaning out. Pale yellowish, an irregular, geminate, brown dorsal 

 line and a broader dark subdorsal shade below the subdorsal horns. 

 Bases of the tubercles white. Length .75 mm. 



Last Stage. — Elliptical, rather thick centrally, but pressed down at 

 each end, fringed by the conical fleshy appendages (Plate V, Fig. 

 22). Anterior pair short, curved, the rest straight, of about equal 



