November, igoo.] 



I'SYCHE. 



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feet large, cervical shield and anal plate also 

 large but not strongly cornified. Body white, 

 a broad regular, subdorsal, purple-brown 

 stripe, obsolete on the cervical shield, tlie 

 pair joined dorsallv on joints 10-13 ^"'' ''^'' 

 coming a narrow dorsal line on the anal plate. 

 A broad ventral similarly colored band, ab- 

 sent on the segments \\ith feet, but nari-ow- 

 ly tinting their bases. Feet pale. Setae 

 short, black, with slightly swollen tips, some 

 of those at the ends and on the feet longer 

 and with sharp tips. Tubercles i and ii near- 

 ly- in line, remote; iii well before and above 

 the spiracle ; iv well below and somewhat be- 

 hind it; \' below iii, \i absent, \ii with three 

 setae well separatetl and arranged in a trian- 

 gle ; \iii in the ^'entral dark l^and. On the 

 thorax the subprimary setae are absent, iih a 

 very long hair, not glandular and with a large 

 tubercle. 



Stage II. Head rounded, not bilobed, 

 mouth pointed and projecting, clypeus round- 

 ed abo\'e ; pale brown, sutures dark brown, 

 lobes marked with brown dots in \ertical 

 bands ; width .45 mm. The head is held out 

 Hat. Body cylindrical, moderate, thoracic 

 feet appressed. Whitish green on the sitles, 

 a broad purple-brown subdorsal band, the 

 pair united into a dorsal band on joints xo- 

 13, obscurely geminate on the thorax, dis- 

 tinctly so and becoming light red on the cer- 

 vical shield. A broad ventral stripe of the 

 same dark color covering all the feet except 

 on the lateral aspect. 



Stage III. Head I'ounded, held out H.at, 

 pale brownish, dotted with dark across the 

 face in three irregular transverse bands, the 

 first vertical, second across the clypeus, third 

 at base of antennae ; ocelli black, antennae 

 whitish; width .65 mm. Body whitish green, 

 a subdorsal dark brown band, pulverulent 

 and obscurely double, becoming a single 

 dorsal band on joints 10-13. A single similar 

 ventral stripe. Feet pale outwardly. 



Stage IV. Head obscurely pale brownish, 

 dotted with dark brown-, most distinctly in a 

 vertical stripe on the lobes. Rounded, not 

 bilobed; width .9 mm. Body moderately 



slender, smooth, obscure grayisli green, tlie 

 double band joining behind and the ventral 

 band as before, but grayish brown, not con- 

 trasting and all finely, obscurely, longitudi- 

 nally lined with whitish. 



The larvae reached this stage September 

 4th and were hibernating by October ist. 



Stage V. The moult took place sometime 

 in the winter, in February or March, I think. 

 The larvae were described April 30th and had 

 not, at that time, begun to feed. 



Head flattened and held out flat, broad, 

 square at the mouth, median suture de- 

 pressed, antennae large and cur\ing inward; 

 gray, whitish about the clypeus, longitudi- 

 nally streaked on the sides of the lobes, tip 

 of antennae dark ocher ; width 1.2 mm. 

 Body slender, somewhat flattened, smooth ; 

 shields not visible, anal flap conical with a 

 small tubercle each side the tip ; prongs large, 

 contiguous. Gray, obscurely longitudinally 

 striped. Broad dark subdorsal and stigmatal 

 lines on a light ground, between which are 

 fine addorsal, lateral, suprastigmatal, two 

 lower subventral and venti-al lines. Tuber- 

 cles small, black, not elevated. Sjiiracles 

 black ringed. Feet gray. 



Stage VI. Head flattened, squarish, the 

 apex under joint 2 ; bark brown, clvpeus 

 pale, three vertical straight whitisli streaks 

 on each lobe, the one on lateral angle prom- 

 inent and broad ; width 1.7 mm. Bodv mod- 

 erate, cylindrical, smooth, reddish brown, 

 finely lined with black and with a yellowish 

 white substigmatal line, linear except below 

 the spiracles where it is diffusely blotched. 

 The lines are dorsal geminate reddish, double 

 confluent subdorsal blackish ; lateral space 

 shaded with red with indistinct lines; three 

 subconfluent suprastigmatal black lines, four 

 diffuse subventral ones, a red shade and 

 finally three ventral blackish lines, subcon- 

 fluent, the last geminate. Thoracic feet and 

 antennae whitish gray; abdominal ones and 

 anal prongs mottled. Spiracles white, black 

 rimmed. 



Stage VII. Head flat and held out flat, 

 square, apex under joint 1 ; antennae large. 



