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PSYCHE 
[October 
light whitish space dorsally on joints 5 to 7, illy defined, narrowed between the seg- 
ments, ap])earing again on joints 10 to 12 less broadly. Venter more ocherous 
shaded with irregular blackish spots and streaks; lines pale and broken, crinkled, 
obscure. 
Stage VI. Head quadrate, flattened, thicker at the vertex, slightly roundedly 
bilobed; sordid luteous gray before, a bicusped yellowish white band reaching over 
the clypeus; al)ove darker gray with obscure straight vertical light streaks, the pale 
patch and black spots of former stage both absent; a slight darker line on upper 
angles of lobes; ocelli dark; width 2.8 mm. Body straight, stick-like, roughened 
by the anal cones and subpa])illose dorsal tubercles, of which tubercle ii of joint 9 
is much the largest. Back brown, mottled with subdued whitish and gray-black. 
Irregular light ilorsal areas on joints .5 to 7, widest on joint 5 anrl on joints 10 to 12; 
joints 8-9 nearly black dorsally and an irregular blackish subdorsal band, rather 
broad. Sides broadly blackish shaded, leaving the venter narrowly pale. Feet of 
joint 10 large, pale wood brown, a black ring near the base and many small white 
dots above; feet of joint 13 dark like the sides. Thoracic feet pale, appressed. All 
finely mottled and dotted; tul)ercles black; spiracles l)lack ringed. 
Cocoon of coarse silk. Eggs from Washington, I). C., May 29; mature larvae 
July 21 ; first moth issued August 7. The larvae were feil on rose leaves. Probably 
they will eat a variety of food plants. The pupa is dark brown without any note- 
worthy characters. 
