LÉPIDOPTÉROLOGIE COMPARÉE 397 



— yet it is not so dot-like as in hirtaria. The transverse yellow 

 bars are greatl)/ influencée! by pomonaria. They are broad and 

 somewhat ridged and become very pale in colour. 



The anal plate is yellowish, well spotted with black.and bears 

 the usual two larger spots and terminal four warts. In shape, 

 it is somewhat more rounded than pomonaria. Before it, are the 

 two yellow spots, common in this instar to both hirtaria and 

 pomonaria. The two warts before thèse on the eighth abdominal 

 segment are présent too, and may be, like those of pomonaria, 

 pale ringed. 



The yellow spiracular line is rather indefinite. On it stand 

 out very plainly, the yellow spots of both parents. Thèse are 

 oval and somewhat large on segments 1-5, but become reduced on 

 6-9 and are rarely developed on the thoracic segments, except 

 occasionally on the prothorax. The stripe itself is fairly broad 

 and regular on the anterior portions of the meso- and the meta- 

 thorax. Just before the spots, as in hirtaria, the line dips and 

 becomes brighter yellow in colour. Then, after a slight inter- 

 ruption, it rises and continues with its black edging to the next 

 spot. It is very weak and almost absent on the last abdominal 

 segments. Although more like that of hirtaria, it partakes of the 

 characters of both species. In frdïit of the yellow spots are strong 

 black suffusions containing the 2nd-6th spiracles. In this the 

 larva is very like pomonaria, for the shading is absent in hirtaria. 

 The other spiracles which may be yellow ringed are in front of 

 a reduced yellow spot. In colour, they are rather large and black 

 as in pomonaria, and not reddish, as in hirtaria. 



The larva is purplish beneath, but becomes yellowish toward 

 the médian area. The arrangement of the stripes follows pomo- 

 naria, for we hâve the four fairly regular yellow stripes with a 

 weakened edging. 



' The anal prolegs, while fairly long, do not spread so much as 

 in hirtaria. They are yellowish, with black spots, but the spots 

 disappear before and behind the plate. The other prolegs are 

 yellow,. with the base purple marked. The space between is yellow, 



