ANISOTA STIGMA 



GENUS, ANISO'ta ("unequal": probably from the unequal length of the 



horns and spines). 

 SPECIES, stig'ma ("dotted"). 



The mother of this Kfe-hi story came out in one of our 

 cages, having been found in the oak-woods as a cater- 

 pillar. She was mated and laid us many small, round- 

 ovoid, orange eggs. This was early in July. 



The eggs grew brownish, and the heads of the larvae 

 showed clearly before they hatched on the fifteenth 

 day after they were laid. 



The caterpillars were one eighth of an inch long, 

 with black, round, shining heads. Their bodies were 

 deep yellow, almost orange. The first segment had a 

 black, polished dorsal plate, the second two long black 

 horns, bifid at tip and projecting over the head ; the 

 anal segment had one long horn, not as long as those 

 on the second segment, and three shorter tubercles; 

 the other segments had six short tubercles, those on 

 the dorsum being longer than the others. All the 

 horns and tubercles were rough with spines. The legs 

 were shining black, as was the anal plate. The props 

 were yellow, with black dots. 



The little caterpillars lived in a colony, but not in 

 close rows like io or carijce. They ate oak and grew to 



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