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sum ruddy pink, except the pronotum (immature larvee are evenly pale green or 
cream colored, with head and pronotal shield black or brown), the pleural and ven- 
tral surfaces pale green or cream white. Head pale yellow. Tips of thoracic legs 
and head brownish yellow. Five pairs of prolegs situated on segments 3, 4, 5, 6, 
and 9; the last pair can be retracted, so as to be almost invisible. Pronotum yel- 
lowish, with brown or black markings as follows: Two medial pairs of dot patches, 
the posterior pair nearly touching the posterior margin 
and somewhat oblong in outline, the anterior pair 
approaching the anterior margin and linear in out- 
line, being for the most part made up of a single row 
of dots; both pairs converging anteriorly, the anterior 
rows forming a V. Posterior margin bearing four 
bristles. Two pairs of bristles flanking the anterior 
median patches of dots, the posterior bristle in each 
pair short. 
THE PUPA. 
( Fig. 30.) 
Pupa from 6 to 10 mm. in length, amber-yellow, 
with the tip of the abdomen, the edges of the abdom- 
a ee legume pod moth: Pupa. ina] segments, and margins of the wings outlined in 
PY Soe brown. Fourth, fifth, and sixth abdominal segments 
each bearing a pair of short spines on the ventral surface. Abdominal segments 2 to 9 
bearing well-defined brown spiracles. Terminal abdominal segment provided with 
a transverse row of 6 hooked bristles and a pair of lip-shaped tubercles on its dorsal 

surface. 
THE ADULT; 
(Eiearoule) 
“The adult expands 24-27 mm. Labial palpi russet-gray above, gray below. Max- 
illary palpi yellowish, brown on end. Head, collar and fore-thorax orange fuscous. 
Thorax behind fuscous gray. Abdomen fuscous; fore wings mouse color, consisting of 
bluish gray, overlaid partly with 
fuscous. A broad white stripe 
extending from hase along costa 
toapex. Extreme edge of costa 
of ground color broadening out- 
wardly just beyond middle and 
fading away toward apex. A 
dull yellowish basal stripe reach- 
ing from white costal stripe to in- 
ner margin, edged inwardly with 
a row of maroon-brown scales, the 
scales being longer than usual. 
Hind wings fuscous, deepening 
outwardly, with dark marginal 
line. Beneath even glistening, very light fuscous.’ 
vol. 17, p. 170, 1890.) 

Fic. 31—The legume pod moth: Adult. Enlarged about 24 
diameters. ¢Original.) 
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(Hulst, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 
SEASONAL HISTORY. 
On July 26, 1911, an eggshell was found on the outer surface of the 
calyx of a well-filled though still green lupine seed pod. The larva, 
which had evidently emerged only a few minutes before it was dis- 
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