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larger and more robust, with stouter snout. The body is clothed with 

 fine gray pubescence. 



DISTRIBUTION. 



LeConte and Horn merely credit this species to the Atlantic district. 

 From specimens in the National Museum and other local collections 

 and froni published and divisional records the following list of locali- 

 ties is taken: 



Stratford, Conn. ; Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island, New York, N. Y. 

 "more or less common throughout the State " of New Jersey (Smith) 

 Blooming Valley and elsewhere in Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio 

 District of Columbia; Cabin John, Marshall Hall, River View, and 

 Travilah, Md. ; Rosslyn, Va. ; Cadet and elsewhere in Missouri; New 

 Ross and Lafayette, Ind. ; Detroit and Port Huron, Mich. ; Lawrence, 

 Kans.; Iowa City, Iowa (Wickham); Retreat, N. C. ; Lake Ponchar- 

 train (Summers) and elsewhere in Louisiana; Minnesota (Lugger); 

 Grimsby, Ontario, Canada (Pettit). 



This is a surprisingly short list of localities considering how com- 

 mon the species is known to be. It is obviously an Austral, or, more 

 properly speaking, Carolinian, form, being found apparently in much 

 greater abundance in the Upper than in the Lower Austral life zone. 

 It also occurs in the Transition, but in the Transition of the Middle 

 West, as for example in northern Illinois, it is replaced to a consider- 

 able extent by L. macer* while in Texas it gives place to L. Icesicollis 

 and other species. Its known western range does not extend beyond 

 the Mississippi Valley. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE EARLIER STAGES. 



The egg. — The egg is of somewhat variable oval form, the usual 

 proportions of width to length being about four-sixths, the extreme 

 reaching five-sixths; surface smooth, polished, with no visible sculp- 

 ture; color dull, pale yellow; contents completely filling the shell, 

 leaving no translucent spaces at ends; consistency of moderate firm- 

 ness. Length, 1.50 to 1.90 mm.; width, 1.25 to 1.30 mm. An egg is 

 shown in outline in figure 15 at o. 



The newly -hatched larva. — The larva when just hatched presents the 

 appearance of c, figure 15. The head is extremely large in proportion 

 to the remainder of the body, the mouth-parts, particularly the man- 

 dibles, being especially prominent. 



The mature larva. — The larva when full grown .appears as shown 

 at d. It measures, when in the curved position common to the Curcu- 

 lionidre and shown in the figure, about 10 mm. When fully extended 

 the length is about twice that, 21 to 23 mm., according to Webster. 

 The width is between 1 and 5 mm. It is of nearly cylindrical form, 



