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JXSECTS /yFKST/\(; Ul^lSaK TlUiES, ETC 



NATIKAI. insTOHY. 



Fi'iiuiK' ( Fi.ir. l-5'.>) — ;i liroatl oval sralc lurasurinii' tVoni ono 

 and oiu' i|Uartt'r to oiu' and one lialt" linrs in Irngth, widt'st at 

 tho posterior ond — oolor, ilark lnown on top, and a lightor 

 brown surrounding the niarjiin. Two indentations on tlu' 

 margin on each side, and a largi' indentation on the posterior 

 end. It has powers of loeoniotion siniihir ti> those of other 

 Li'cdiiinms. I have not found the egg of this sj>eei(»s, hut have 

 found hirge nunil>ers of the young larva — as many as torty- 

 tive under one speeimen. The young larva' ajjpear about the 

 tirst of May in this vicinity (Sacramenti)). T.arva length, <me 

 eiglity fifth of an ineh — color, dark or dirty yellow: antemue. 

 six jointed (some specimens ai)pi'ar to have seven joints) : 

 two anal seta\ 



DKscKirTioN. — Length Fi^'. UO, 



of body, ttne seventy-sec- 

 ond oi' an inch : from 

 front of head to ai)ex of 

 wing, one twenty-fourtli of 

 an inch ; posterior styl- 

 ets, one forty-tifth of an 

 inch, or o n e half t h e 

 length of bt)dy — cidor. 

 body, imnuu'ulate golden- 

 yellow : eyes, dark or 

 black ; antenna' (from the 

 peculiar position in which 

 they arc placed 1 lan only 

 count seven joints), gold- 

 en yt'llow and hairy ; legs, 

 golden-yellow. 



As it did not agree 

 with the description of 

 any of tlu' male scale in- 

 sects I had read of, or 

 specimens of males of 

 luiraiitli. ptriiiciosns, jnr- 

 st'fi', rupd.v. rnsi'H' or pur- 

 chasi in my possession, I couUl only imagine that it was the 



