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and seta A^ ; O' ventrad of 0^ remote ; ocellar puncture not distinguishable, 

 Subocellar setae (SOS SO^ and SO^) triangularly placed; puncture SO" ap- 

 proximate to and equidistant from SO^ and SOS Genal puncture (G") anterior 

 to the seta (G'). 



Labrum with median incision broadly triangular, rather shallow ; median 

 setfe {M\ MS M°) triangularly placed; M^ postero-laterad of M^ and closer to 

 M^than to M'; La^ directly posterior of and approximate to LaS behind the 

 level of M^ ; La^ on the level of ]\I* ; La^ and M^ on the same level near anterior 

 margin of labrum ; puncture approximate and posterior to MS 



Epipharyngeal shield narrowly bordering the median incision, not sharply 

 defined. Epipharyngeal setaj triangularly grouped, rather close together, nar- 

 row, moderately long. Epipharyngeal rods indicated only by their short posterior 

 projections. 



Eggs. 



Plate III, D. 



Oval, flat, scale-like, iridescent ; deposited singly. 



specific description. 



Adult. 



Palpi brownish on outer sides, grayish white on inner and upper sides. Face 

 and head grayish, more or less suffused with fuscous. Thorax fuscous. Fore- 

 wings grayish, cross-marked with fuscous or, in some specimens, dark reddish 

 brown ; the brown area forming an outwardly angulated basal patch some- 

 what marked with gray or whitish scales and covering the basal third of the 

 wing; a similar brown suffusion forming an ill-defined fascia extending from 

 just beyond middle of costa to tornus, considerably wider on dorsum than on 

 costa ; a narrow brown terminal line, following the contour of termen and 

 broadening at apex to a distinct brown spot ; a fainter angulate brown line 

 from costa dividing the ocellus ; on costa six or seven pairs of short, somewhat 

 obscure, white geminate marks separated by distinctly brownish shadings ; 

 ocellus metallic gray with longitudinal markings. Hindwings fuscous. Legs 

 fuscous with inner sides white or grayish and tarsi annulated with white. 

 Alar expanse, 9-14 mm. 



PUPA. 



Length, 5-6 mm. ; yellow or yellowish brown, not appreciably darker 

 at extremities but Avith sutures and caudal margins of abdominal segments 

 bro-mi ; dorsal abdominal spines brown, arranged as shown in Plate I, C. 



Larva. 



When full grown, 10-11 mm. long by 1 nun. broad. Body sordid white; 

 the scobination blackish, giving the entire larva a pale smoky fuscous color ; 

 chitinized areas about body tubercles white except on prothorax Avhere they are 

 dark brown, in some specimens almost black ; thoracic shield bi^own or blackish 

 brown ; median dividing line pale yellow ; chitinized parts of thoracic legs 

 black or blackish brown ; anal shield yellowish ; anal fork two-pronged, small 

 and easily overlooked ; body hairs lirown ; crochets 36-42. lirown. weaker at the 

 cephalic end of the circle and increasing in length toward the caudal margin 

 where the longest are over twice as long as the shortest at the anterior margin 

 (PI. Ill, C). Head yellow, more or less suffused with dark brown, especially 

 on ventral side ; a distinct brownish patch at posterior lateral angle of epi- 

 cranium ; chitinized parts of trophi black or blackish brown ; ocellar pigment 

 black, continuous under tlie ocelli : lenses white. 



