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Stage V. Length 8.5 mm. Head .95 mm. wide, piceous. Mouth 

 parts varying in color, in part light yellow tipped with black,the re- 

 mainder wholly black. Prothoracic shield concolorous with head. Gen- 

 eral body color a shade darker than in previous stage. Tubercles tipped 

 with black, each bearing a moderately long silky hair. Spiracles raised, 

 circular, banded by a dark ring. Prolegs concolorous with venter, each 

 bearing two dark bands situated on their outer lateral surfaces. True legs 

 piceous, anal plate darker green than general body color. 



Stage VI. Length 15 mm. Head 1.75 mm. wide, shiny black. 

 Mouth parts very light brown. V-shaped suture distinct. Prothor- 

 acic shield jet black, divided into two lateral halves by a very narrow 

 longitudinal green line. Dorsum dark velvety green, with a narrow 

 darker green, dorsal line extending along its entire length. Venter 

 much paler green. Tubercles lighter green than dorsum, each fur- 

 nished with at least one hair. Spiracles round, ringed with black. True 

 legs black, prolegs concolorous with venter. Anal plate large, shield- 

 shaped, a shade lighter in color than dorsum. 



All the larvae reared, with the exception of one, pupated in this in- 

 star. A single individual moulted a sixth time and did not pupate until 

 the seventh stage was reached, when the body measured 17 mm. long and 



the head 2.2 mm. wide. 



THE PUPA. 



Length 13 mm. Width where widest 3.2 mm. General body color 

 rich brown, darker on dorsal than on ventral side. Wing covers slightly 

 wrinkled, more markedly so on posterior third. Abdominal segments 

 finely pitted on anterior half, coarsely so on posterior. Dorsal segments 

 bearing two rows of blunt spines. Spiracles oval, raised, darker brown 

 than general body color. Abdominal segments bearing many yellow silky 

 hairs. 



Cremaster black, much wrinkled, bearing eight out-curving hooks — 

 four of which are situated at the apex in a cluster, and the remaining four 

 are born in pairs, a third of the way down, on opposite sides of the cre- 

 master. 



