326 



PSVCHE. 



i Septeiiibt-i iS^' 



feet normal, but the anal pair elevated ; 

 smooth, rounded-conical tubercles, normal in 

 arrangement, rather large and each bearing a 

 long hair, many of which are swollen at the 

 tip. Body honey yellow, the humps and lat- 

 eral region wine red; cervical shield, anal 

 plate, tubercles and anal feet blackish ; other 

 feet shiny black. 



Second stage. — Head bilobed, high, narrow- 

 ing to vertex and flat in front ; a tubercle at the 

 vertex of each lobe ; width 0.8 mm; uniform. 

 brown, not shiny, the vertex a little darker 

 Body slightly enlarged dorsally at joints 5 and 

 12, the tubercles very large, especially dorsally, 

 conical, smooth, each with a short seta which 

 is transparent and swollen at tip. Anal feet 

 elevated, partly aborted. Body reddish brown, 

 lighter dorsally and mottled with yellow; 

 joints 5 and 12 are dark as are also the tub- 

 ercles. Cervical shield and anal plate dark. 

 A yellow dorsal spot on joints 4 and 11 bi- 

 sected by a brown dorsal line. 



Food plant. — Maple (Acer). 



Clisiocampa constrict a Stretch. 



Var. strigosa Stretch. 



1881— Stretch, Papilio, v. 1, p. 67. 



1882 — Grote, Check list, p. 21. S/>. dist. 



Mr. Stretch described this form apparently 

 from a single $ example from the Yosemite 

 Valley and in Grote's list it stands as a dis- 

 tinct species. This is an error, however, as 

 C. strigosa is merelv a local form of C. con- 

 stricta hardly differing sufficiently to deserve 

 the varietal name. 



The principal differences noticed bv Mr. 

 Stretch in his description seem to be the 

 larger size of C. strigosa, the greater width 

 of the band on fore wings, the distinct spots 

 on the fringe and the common line on the 

 wings below. From the series of bred speci- 

 mens before me, these characters are seen to 

 be decidedly variable, and many of the speci- 

 mens are nearer to the typical form than to 

 Mr. Stretch's description of C. strigosa. 



The larva is identical with that of C. con- 

 stricta as described by Mr. Hy. Edwards. 



The larvae form no tent, but live in the 

 manner of C. disstria, separating as they be- 

 come large and wandering about considerably 

 before forming their cocoons. In the Yose- 

 mite Valley they feed on the black oak 

 (JQ/tercus keloggii). 



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