2 INSECTS AFFECTIXG VEGETABLE AXD TRUCK CROPS. 



and a tuft of hair [risinjil from basal joint: til)i:c with the spurs Iouk and nearly 

 equal. Fore wing with veins 3, 4. ~) from angle of cell ; 7 well 9ei)arated from 

 8. 9, to whifh 10 is approximate*!. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of 'ell; 

 4, 5 approximated for a short distance; 6. 7 from ui)per angle, 7 anastomosing 

 with 8. 



THK EGG. 



The egg Avas not seen by the writer owing to the hiteness of the 

 season when continuous work was begun. We therefore have to 

 depend upon the description furnished b}' Mr. Davis. He writes, 

 in substance, that the female deposits her eggs flat and singly on the 

 stem of the plant near the base. The egg is oval. 0.57 mm. by 0.82 

 mm., and being transparent pale green is quite conspicuous on the 

 plant. Its surface is slightly convex and covered Avith microscopical, 

 irregular polygonal areas appearing as a netlike sculpture on the 

 surface. 



Walker's description of the species under the name p/i /■<!.•</ "salis 

 follows : 



Female. Brown, rather slender, whitish beneath. Palpi vertical, slightly 



curved, rising higher than the 

 head; second joint slightly 

 fringed; third lanceolate, 

 about half the length (»f the 

 second. Pectus pure white in 

 front. Abdomen extending a 

 little beyond the hind wings; 

 hind borders of the segments 

 white. Fore legs with l»rown 

 bands. Wings moderately 

 broad, with a cupreous tinge ; 

 markings white; fringe here 

 and there white. Fore wings 

 with the interior line slender, 

 nearly straight; exterior line 

 much intermitted, brond and 

 regular in front: reniform 

 mark represented by a trans- 

 verse subquadrate spot. Hind 

 wings with the exterior line 

 lAUigth of the body 4 lines ; of the 



Fig. 1. — The spotted beet webworm ill ijuioiid per- 

 apectalis) : a, Moth ; b, larva, lateral view : c 

 larva, dorsal view, showing charaeteristic mark 

 ings on head and joints ; d, abdominal joint ; c 

 anal joint, a-c. Enlarged ; d, e, more enlarged, 

 (Original.) 



broad, coniiilcte, attenuated hindward. 

 wings 9 lines. 



Less technically, this moth may be described, in comparison with 

 the related Ilynienut faseiaUs Cram..^ as of very similar form and 

 having a similar pattern. The color is paler brown, inclining to 

 cinnamon. The white fasciic or bands are much less conspicuous, 

 especially the second band on the fore wing two-thirds from the 

 apex. The fa.scia on the hind Avings is of diiferent shape, not more 

 than half as wide as in the other species, and more irregular. The 



1 See Bui. 100, I't. 1, Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., November 0, 1912. 



