92 FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



leus, show indistinct niottlings (see Fig. 17). Tlie body tapers regu- 

 Icirly from the first to the last segment. The dorsal hue is 



©brown, with pale borders. On the summit of the third seg- 

 ment is a fuscous patch, behind which, extending over the 

 incisure, is a pale patch, convex in front and straight be- 

 TT^'?- Tm"" hind, bounded by the four tubercles of the fourth segment. 



Head of To- ' •' m • i 



LTPE LARiois On the seventh segment is a small j)ale patch. The sides 

 stage. ^ of the body are gray, with irregular linings. A subdorsal 



row of black tubercles bear several long black hairs, beneath which is 

 a dull orange interrupted line. The tubercles of the substigmatal row 

 bear numerous shorter white hairs. 



During their rests from feeding the larvre resort to the stems, where, 

 with flattened body pressed to the surface and with head extended, 

 they can scarcely be discovered. 



At the close of this stage, which ranged from seven to eighteen days, 

 the larvae measured one-half an inch in length. 



Third Larval Stage, 



The second molting commenced seven days after the earliest of the 

 first, and continued until May 9th, thus overlapping the first molt. 

 The molts recorded (eight not observed) are as follows: 



April 28 1 larva. May 5 4 larvjB. 



'•' •^\) 1 " •' C 1 larva. 



" 30 4 larvce. " 8 1 " 



May 1 5 '• " 9 2 larvae. 



2 6 " — 



Total 25 larvae. 



Immediately following this molting, the larva measures 0.55 inch. 

 The frontal white lines of the head are more convergent, approaching 

 a V, and some confluent lateral lines are seen resembling a B (not well 

 shown in the figure), the brown portions are distinctly mot- 

 tled, and numerous white hairs are given out from beneath 

 the white transverse band (Fig. 18). The color and markings 

 Fig. 18.— of the body are nearly as in the preceding stage. The sub- 

 Head of (]Qj.g.Q tubercles are more prominent and are slate-colored 



TOLYPE 111- -I c- 1- 



LAKicis in apically ; two or three long black hairs proceed from each in 

 stage. ^^ a horizontal direction. The short gray lateral hairs are now 

 so numerous, that they form a fringe to the body, which, as the larva 

 rests on a leaf of the pine, curve downward and inward, so that some 

 of the tips meet underneath. The subdorsal stripe is geminate, marked 

 with orange opposite each tubercle. The tubercles of the third seg- 

 ment are more prominent than the others. 



