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BULLETIN 914, U. S. DEPARTMEXT OE AGRICULTURE. 



The form is less flattened than in Dichelia, otherwise the shape of 

 the body and of the head, thorax, and legs is very similar. The last 

 segment is of the appearance shown in figure 2 at c\ the anal plate 

 presenting no special characters worthy of notice, although the ex- 

 treme apex is remarkable on account of the comb-like process, con- 

 sisting of 6 spines, with which it is armed. 



The length of the largest full-grown larva is about 0.7 inch (18 

 to 19 mm.) ; the width, 0.8 inch (2 to 2.2 mm.). Some larvse are 

 considerably smaller. 



The head and first and second thoracic segments are shown from 



above, much enlarged, in 

 figure 2, a. Figure 2, Z>, 

 shows an abdominal seg- 

 ment with proleg from 

 the side. 



THE PUPA. 



The pupa appears still 

 more like that of Epa- 

 goge sulfureana. It is a 

 little stouter on the aver- 

 age, the greatest width 

 being across the wing- 

 pads. (See fig. 1, d.) 

 The last ventral seg- 

 ment, shown from be- 



Fig 2-Red-banded leaf-roller: a, Head and first two fo , fi ± x feo bears 



thoracic segments, dorsal view ; Ta, third abdominal . 



segment, lateral view ; c, last abdominal segment, a pair of lateral and two 



from above, showing anal plate and comblike tip ; &, p a j rg f terminal hooked 



sprig of asparagus showing web of larva and chrys- I _ c 



alis working its way out of web at left. a. h, c, Much processes as in EpagOge 



enlarged; d, somewhat enlarged. (eight in all). 



The length is about 0.1 inch (8 to 10 mm.), the width is about 0.1 

 inch (2.2 to 3 mm.). 



DISTRIBUTION. 



Eulia velutinana is nath^e to this country, and has been known for 

 a considerable number of years from Maine to Texas. 



It is well established in the Transition Life Zone and available rec- 

 ords show greater abundance there and in the northern portion of the 

 Upper Austral, although it is to be found also in the Lower Austral. 

 Possibly it has been introduced into California through commerce 

 with the East. (See map, fig. 3.) 



