SAMIA CYNTHIA 233 



triangular patch on the dorsum ; the last had eight black 

 dots. On each segment were black tubercles with setae. 

 The legs and anal shield were black, the props yellow- 

 green with black dots, the anal props having, each, a 

 large black spot. They fed in rows on both sides of 

 the leaves, all headed in the same direction. 



A week later they molted, losing the black patch on 

 the first segment, but were otherwise as before, only 

 longer. 



The second molt followed in five days. The head 

 was now green, with two black patches, the body 

 greener than before and five eighths of an inch long. 

 Otherwise they were not changed. 



Three days later they molted again, coming out with 

 j'-ellow heads, bodies of greenish yellow spotted with 

 black, a substigmatal row of black tubercles, and two 

 rows of yellow tubercles higher on each side. The 

 next day the color had changed to cream-white, the 

 yellow tubercles changing also. The legs were yellow, 

 with black tips, the props yellow. 



The fourth molt came a week later. The crawlers 

 were larger and whiter, fed in a row on the leaf, and 

 gave out a pleasant odor. Their bodies were covered 

 with a waxy "bloom," which rubbed oif as they 

 moved. Their legs were yellow, with a black dot on 

 each. 



In six days they molted for the fifth time, w^ere an 

 inch and a half long, had greenish-yellow heads, bodies 

 green, with black dots and a little white bloom. 

 The tubercles were all white now, the substigmatal 

 ones banded with black. The legs, props, and anal 

 shield were yellow, the anal props and shield edged 



