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brown with white mottling. No black dash on the side of the head. 
Prolegs body color. On the side of the 6th and 7th abdominal segments 
and behind the middorsal ridge on the 7th are black lines or dashes. 
The first two larvae began spinning inside leaves on June gth. 
The full grown larva of flebilis is about 214 inches long and has as 
chief characteristics, a light ashen-gray color, reddish tubercles, lack 
of row of lateral setae, the broken cross band of dark brown or black 
over the lateral half of the 5th abdominal segment. Head and true 
legs flesh color. Head without side black dash. Whole body raspy. 
Imago July 1st. 
The larvae of Catocala retecta on May 18th, seven days 
after hatching, were half an inch long, dark, almost black, striped 
longitudinally. Head, body color. 
On May 2ist larvae nearly 34 of an inch long, very dark, lined longi- 
tudinally with black and white. True legs flesh color. Prolegs lighter 
(ashen). The first two pairs the lightest. Head a little darker than 
the body color. 
On the 25th the larva was 1% inches long, bluish with a tinge of red. 
Tubercles reddish. Body indistinctly streaked longitudinally. Underside 
of the body greenish with the black, midventral round spots. Head 
hardly lighter than the body color, streaked longitudinally with white. 
Slight lateral dash of black. Lateral setae short. 
On May 30th, the larva of retecta was 1% inches long, reddish brown 
with red tubercles. Bristles dark. Head round with white and red- 
brown mottling. Front legs flesh color. The mid-dorsal row of spots 
very indistinct. 
On June Ist the caterpillar is two inches long, grayish with a tinge 
of green. Tubercles reddish. A lateral row of short sparse setae. 
A cross band of brown on the top of the 5th abdominal segment. Head 
red-brown with white lines. 
On June sth the larvae were 2% inches long, dark gray with central 
dorsal row of V spots not very distinct. Tubercles reddish. Lateral 
row of short setae. A cross band of darker brown on the latter half of 
5th abdominal segment, dorsally. Head light chestnut with white linear 
markings. A short lateral black dash either side of the mouth. True 
legs light flesh color. Prolegs much the same color. The cross dorsal 
band broken by the middorsal row of “V’s.” Ventral side of the body 
white with the mid-row of black spots. 
The first larva spun in leaves on the 15th of June and was less 
than 134 inches long. 
Compared with the larva of flebilis, that of retecta is much 
darker. On some of the grown larvae of flebilis there is a 
narrow stigmatal band, darker than the ashen body color and 
