1905 ] 
IWAR—XORTH AMERICAN (MiOMKTRlDAE 
LIFK HISTORIP-.S OF NORTH AMERK'AX GKOMETRIDAF— LXI 1 1 . 
BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, I). C. 
Sciagraphia ncptata (iuence. 
Egg. Elliptical, very strongly flattened, concave, slightly wedge-shaped in 
side view, the ends rounded; evenly reticulate in broad, rounded ridges, wavy, 
stellate hexagonal, rather smaller on the flat sides. Dark bluish green, turning, 
red around the margin. Size .8 x .5 x .3 mm. 
Stage I. Head rounded, brownish luteous, sutures darker. Body moderate, 
rather short, luteous, dark olive green shaded broadly over the dorsum except on 
joints 2 and 13 posteriorly ; venter faintly dark shaded. No shields ; tubercles 
and setae obscure, tubercles slightly elevated, but concolorous, setae stout, pale, 
quite small, enlarged at tip. 
Stage II. Head luteous, slightly bilobed; width .5 mm. Body moderate 
grayish green with broad ventral purple brown stripe and faint, narrow, pale 
lines, two showdng in the subdorsal region. Eeet dark within; tubercles and 
setae obsolete. 
Stage III. Head round, full, flatfish before, greenish white with a straight 
brown mottling on the sides; wddth .9 mm. Body moderate, green, the dorsum 
w'ith five parallel olivaceous blackish bands as wide as the interspaces; venter 
broadly smoky blackish. No shields; thoracic feet shaded darker; abdominal 
ones pale without; tubercles minute, setae fine, dark. 
Stage IV. Head bilobed, oblique, pale greenish luteous with whitish shades, 
a brown flush on the sides, the angle below the eyes and antennae whitish; width 
1.5 mm. Body uniform, rather flattened, anal feet large; obscure whitish, not 
strongly green, a broad subdorsal geminate band more whitish; stigmatal fold 
pale yellow’; a ventral vinous brown shade staining the bases of the feet. 
Tubercles obsolete, setae fine, dark, obscure. ' .subventral dark spot on joint 6. 
Stage V. Head bilobed, thicker at apex, pale brown shaded, a curved dark 
brown band across above clvpeus and a yellow one on the side behind the eyes ; 
width 2.2 mm. Body moderate, uniform, a somewhat raised black patch sub- 
ventrally on joint 6. .Ml yellow brown shaded; dorsal, subdorsal, lateral, sub- 
ventral geminate blackish lines, broken, powdery, the dorsal ajjpearing as inter- 
segmental spots, the others broken intersegmentally, giving an elTect of obscure 
segmentary transverse bands on central part of body. Dark blotches at the ba.ses 
of the thoracic feet, especially on joint 4; tubercles small, dark, setae dusky. 
