﻿[93] 
  The 
  Laeva 
  op 
  Homohadena 
  badisteiga. 
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  XVI. 
  THE 
  LARVA 
  OF 
  HOMOHADENA 
  BADISTRIGA. 
  

  

  Hadena 
  badistriga 
  Grote: 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Amer. 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  iv., 
  p. 
  20. 
  1872. 
  

   Homohadena 
  badistriga 
  Grote 
  : 
  in 
  Bui. 
  Buf. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Sci., 
  i. 
  p. 
  180. 
  1873. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  larvae, 
  three-eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  were 
  

   discovered 
  on 
  May 
  30th, 
  at 
  Schenectady, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  feeding 
  on 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  honeysuckle. 
  

  

  The 
  mature 
  larva 
  measures 
  1.12 
  in. 
  long, 
  by 
  .18 
  in. 
  diameter. 
  

   Head 
  small, 
  about 
  one-third 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  seg- 
  

   ment, 
  flesh-colored, 
  spotted 
  with 
  dull 
  green 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   frontal 
  triangle 
  bordered 
  within 
  and 
  without 
  by 
  black 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  

   black. 
  

  

  Body 
  cylindrical 
  on 
  segments 
  3-9, 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  rapidly 
  

   tapering, 
  the 
  last 
  one 
  being 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  

   central 
  ones 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  (head 
  not 
  counted) 
  slightly 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  these, 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  

   twelfth; 
  surface 
  smooth, 
  without 
  hairs, 
  except 
  the 
  usual 
  

   minute 
  setse 
  of 
  the 
  setiferous 
  spots, 
  conspicuously 
  striped 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  a 
  broad 
  substigmatal 
  band, 
  traversed 
  by 
  longitud- 
  

   inal 
  waved 
  lines, 
  limited 
  above 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  

   thoracic 
  segments 
  which 
  becomes 
  obsolete 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  seg- 
  

   ment; 
  a 
  somewhat 
  narrower 
  stigmatal 
  band 
  of 
  dull 
  green 
  

  

  — 
  a 
  whitish 
  line 
  traversing 
  the 
  stigmata, 
  dividing 
  the 
  band 
  

   equally 
  in 
  different 
  shades 
  of 
  green 
  ; 
  a 
  subdorsal 
  pale 
  band 
  

   limited 
  above 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  line 
  which 
  is 
  more 
  distinct 
  on 
  the 
  

   central 
  segments 
  where 
  also 
  the 
  band 
  is 
  paler 
  ; 
  above 
  this 
  

   a 
  black 
  stripe 
  commencing 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  segment, 
  becom- 
  

   ing 
  more 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  central 
  segments, 
  and 
  terminating 
  

   on 
  the 
  ninth 
  — 
  this 
  line 
  bordered 
  above 
  by 
  a 
  correspond- 
  

   ing 
  one 
  of 
  white; 
  dorsal 
  stripe 
  geminate, 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  

   thoraciG 
  and 
  terminal 
  segments 
  — 
  intermediately, 
  expanding 
  

   between 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  each 
  segment 
  and 
  its 
  posterior 
  portion 
  

   to 
  inclose 
  a 
  mesial 
  black 
  spot 
  or 
  spots 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  incisure 
  

  

  — 
  bordered 
  outwardly 
  by 
  olive-green, 
  which 
  by 
  being 
  broken 
  

   at 
  the 
  incisures 
  gives 
  the 
  conspicuous 
  dorsal 
  feature 
  of 
  two 
  

   oblique 
  dashes 
  traversing 
  the 
  segments 
  and 
  approximating 
  

  

  