D yak— NORTH AMERICAN GEOMETR/DR 
93 
1905] 
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOMETRID.E.— LXII. 
BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. 
Leptomeris quinqiieliuearia Packard. This species occurred to me in the 
Platte Canyon, Colorado in July. Eggs obtained July 10 hatched in six days, 
the larva; were matured on August 8 and the imagoes began to emerge on August 
23. The weather was very warm. I met with the species again at Kaslo, 
British Columbia, obtaining eggs on June 17 which hatched in eight days. The 
larvse grew very slowly, reaching the fourth stage in August and hibernated 
without becoming mature. 'I'he weather was cold and rainy all the season. 
Rrp. Laid loose, rolling about. Elliptical, one diameter less but not flat- 
tened, micropylar end truncated scpiarely and rather distinctly, the other end 
rounded. .About 12 straight, parallel, longitudinal ribs, elevated, [with a fine 
waved sharp crest, ending bluntly at the truncation, confused into reticulations 
at the other end Cross-striae fine, mostly parallel, a little raised, forming cells 
three times as wide as long. Micropylar end coarsely reticulate, a little bulging, 
the marginal reticulations joining the ribs which round over the edge of the 
truncation, being wfithout bordering ridge. ITniformly whitish yellow, soon 
turning deep pink. Size .65 x .5 x .4 mm. 
Shipe J. Head rounded, free, erect, sordid testaceous. Body elongate, 
.slender, normal, whitish, the dorsum broadlv dark brown, diffusely narrowed at 
the anal end, obsoletely divaricate on joint 2; a similar broad subventral band 
staining the feet of joint 10; anal feet pale, thoracic feet partly brown. 
Tubercles and setae obscure, the setie short, narrowly club-shaped. 
Stage II. Head rounded bilobed, erect, dull whitish spotted on the face, 
the vertex and sides thickly brown mottled; width. 4 mm. Body slender, pale 
greenish, finely annulate. Dorsal and .subventral bands of dark purple brown, 
the latter segmentarily submaculate in darker; traces of a white edge to the dor- 
sal band and obscure line stigmatally. 
Stage III. Head rounded, oblique, clypeus whitish, lobes more yellowish, 
brown dotted in the vertical suture and in a darker stripe over the center of 
lobe; width .6 mm. Body slender, finely annulate. Dorsal line dark brown, 
composed of a fine subdorsal line and a large dorsal one w'hich widens segment- 
arily to be confluent with the subdorsals; rest dull green, slightly silky shining; 
a faint subventral brown shade joining brown segmentary spots. Thoracic feet 
brown, abdominal ones green, the foot of joint 10 brown before. 
Stage IV. Head whitish, a straight line of dark mottling over the lobes and 
