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Preparatory Stages of Dasylophia anguina, Sm. Add. 
By Harrison G. Dyar. 
Rhinebeck, N. Y. 
fgg.—Evenly rounded, flattened above and below, smooth. Color 
reddish, deepening in shade above ; diameter about .7 mm. 
Newly hatched larva.—Of a yellowish color, streaked irregularly 
longitudinally with red laterally, and marked with the same color on 
joints 5, 11 and 12, joint 5 being completely red. Head yellowish, 
marked with red., Body covered sparsely with black hairs which are 
much more stout and brist y on top of joints 6, 7 and 8, than on any 
other part. Length about 3.5 mm. ‘The anal feet are not used in 
walking. 
After rst moult.—Color greenish with several interrupted lateral 
brownish lines; on joint 5 two elevated brown spots, and one on joint 
12. Head reddish orange; anal feet brown. 
Afler 2nd moult,—Color violet blue with a lateral, and a wide 
dorsal, bright yellow stripe, edged with black, the dorsal stripe divided 
by a black line and reaching only to joint 11, being replaced on joint 
12 by a black spot ; a black spot on each side of joint 5, and a row of 
larger spots one on each joint above the bases of the legs; last joint 
marked posteriorly with black ; head orange. 
After 3rd moult,—Same as in the preceeding stage except that the 
dorsal stripe is of a more reddish shade. 
After 4th moult.—Mature larva: body cylindrical, tapering some- 
what to each extremity, the anal feet elevated and not used in walking; 
head rising above the top of joint 2, of a red color. The body is of a 
shiny, reddish purple, with seven longitudinal black lines, one dorsal 
and three on each side, the lateral ones confluent on joint 11 leaving 
the ground color light blue between them. This color also edges nar- 
rowly the dorsal line of each side. Below the lateral lines is a broad 
yellow band, white in the center, and below this a row of large black 
spots, one on each segment. Dorsum shaded with reddish and a little 
yellow just above the lateral black lines. The lines do not extend beyond 
joint 11, there being a black spot on each side of joint 12 and posteriorly 
on the last joint. An elevated black spot on top of joint 12, and one 
on each side of joint 5, the latter interrupting the two upper of the three 
lateral black lines. Venter with traces of a longitudinal black line. 
Thoracic feet red ; claspers of abdominal feet reddish. Length, about 
45 mm. 
