Plate IX. 



Larral stages of Apatelodes torrefacta. 



Fig. 1. Egg, seen from above ; la, seen from the side ; lb, markings of tlie surface ; egg natural size between 1 and la. 

 FlO. 2. Larva, Stage I, dorsal view; 2a, side view; 26, third al)doniinal segment without tlie hairs, dorsal view; 2c, 



the same, side view; 2rf, prothoracic segment; 2e, end of the body with anal leg, all magnified. 



NoTH. — The line by the side of the body indicates m all the plates the natural length of the larva. 

 Fig. 3. Larva, Stage II, dorsal view; 3«, side view; 36, head seen in front; Sr, third abdominal segment, side view. 

 Fig. 4. Larva, Stage III, dorsal view; 4n, side view; 4fc, third abdominal segment, dorsal view; 4f. side view of the 



same. 

 Fig, 5. Larva, Stage IV, dorsal view; 5(i, side view; .5i, third abdominal segment ; 5c side view of the same. 

 Fig. 6. Larva, Stage V, dorsr.lview; (in, side view; (Jh, second thoracic segment, side view; Gc. second abdominal 



segment, side view; 6<f, sixth abdominal segment, side view; 6(', larva at this stage, ventral view. 

 Fig. 7. Larva, Stage VI (and last); 7a, third abdominal segment, side view. Figs. 1-7 drawn by J. Bridgham. 

 Fig. 8. Fully fed larva, natural size, Georgia. Leconte del. 



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