198 Psyche [December 



We were very successful with this species and secured a long 

 series of moths; two forms were represented in about equal num- 

 bers — the typical one with black shade extending nearly the 

 whole length of wing above inner margin and a form in which 

 this shade was lacking, the wing being more even gray; both 

 these forms were the offspring of a single 9 . 



Catocala aspasia Stkr. 



Ovum. Liver-brown, micropyle and broad irregular ring at upper part of egg 

 pale greenish yellow; ribbed but not very strongly, the ribs dividing below miero- 

 pylar area into about 30-40. Diameter, 1 mm. 



Stage I. Head pale brown; body pale greenish white, semitransparent, shading 

 slightly into reddish laterally with traces of three pale lateral lines; tubercles very 

 minute with small seta?. Length, 5 mm. 



Stage II. Head creamy, slightly marbled with pale brown; body whitish, 

 slightly green tinted, an irregularly broadening dorsal stripe and three lateral ones 

 are visible largely due to the pale brown linear borders; a faint trace of brownish 

 lateral shading on 5th abdominal segment, prolegs concolorous. Beneath pale 

 with dark central patches. Length, 12 mm. 



Stage III. Much as before; head shaded slightly with pale yellow at apex of 

 lobes; body with stripes less visible and bordering lines broken up into dots, giving 

 a general marbled appearance; very small wart on 5th abdominal segment, slightly 

 yellow, with still fainter traces of lateral black shading; tubercle II on rear segments 

 slightly yellow with traces of a lunate dorsal black mark on the 8th abdominal 

 segment as found in pura. Length, 20 mm. 



Stage IV. Head whitish, clypeus slightly marked with pale brown, apex of 

 lobe tinged with yellow-orange below which is brownish marbling of which a dash 

 on a level with side of clypeus is most prominent; black border line to cheeks 

 extending to eyes and not very clearly defined on the summit of the head. Body 

 whitish gray with much clearer markings than before; dorsal series of pale diamond 

 patches with central brown line; subdorsally two waved black dotted lines the 

 upper one forming border to diamond-patches, the lower one on a level with tubercle 

 III, most prominent toward the rear of each segment giving a distinctly blackish 

 appearance; laterally the body surface is thickly covered with black and brown 

 dots formed into more or less parallel lines, the enclosed spaces being slightly tinged 

 with lemon yellow; prominent yellowish hump on 5th abdominal segment at times 

 slightly shaded with black laterally but mostly without this; small blackish dorsal 

 lunate mark on 8th abdominal segment; dorsal tubercles yellowish, tubercle II 

 on rear segments not very prominent; prolegs tinged with pinkish. Beneath 

 white. Length, 35 mm. 



Stage V. Head creamy, clypeus with two vertical purple-black dashes; apex 

 of lobe strongly tuberculate, orange; black border laterally to cheeks extending 

 from palpi upwards, not clearly defined on summit of head; purplish marbling in 

 front forming small patch below the orange tubercle and a vertical dash opposite 

 clypeus. Body varying from pale ochreous to pale brown, sprinkled with deeper 



