466 LÉPIDOPTÉROLOGIE COMPARÉE 



the edging is clear, they are not so decided. The subdorsal stripe 

 cornes to a point and breaks on the subsegment before a bar just 

 as in hïrtaria. The supraspiracular stripe closely resembles that 

 of pilzii. The various suffusions seen in the larvae of pomonaria, 

 are présent in ail the examples except a very few. The transverse 

 bars are well marked and in colour are pale yellow. 



The collar, as well as the yellow spots before the anal plate, 

 are just the same as in hirtaria, and so are the plate itself and 

 the two strong tubercles on segment 8. 



The space between the two dorsal stripes is grey as in hirtaria. 

 The spiracular stripe varies a little toward pomonaria in being 

 more extensive, if more irregular, and the filling in is paler. 



A heavy black suffusion is developed before the yellow spots 

 on the stripe and in it stand the brick-coloured spiracles, which 

 are not black as in pojnonaria or pilzii. 



Ventrally, the larva more closely follows pilzii than elsewhere, 

 although the legs and prolegs, except for their lighter colour, are 

 like those of hirtaria. The shape of the larva is near to that of 

 pilzii but some are slightly longer and larger. 



li only varies, as mentioned above, in coloration, the other 

 points being very stable. 



Pupae. 



The pupae, in appearance, are very like those of hirtaria at 

 first sight, but one is struck immediately by the great variation 

 in size, the length varying from 13 mm. to 18 mm. The wing 

 cases are very weak and distorted and judging from this, the 

 imagines are going to be gynandromorphs * and this is conhrmed 

 by the mixed character of the genitalia, which seem for the most 

 part more female than maie. 



Without exception, ail of the imagines are fully formed now, 

 but hâve not yet emerged *. 



* Thèse imagines emerged in February 1913 and were fully sexed in spite 

 of the distorted pupal genitalia. 



