IXSECTS AFFECTIXG VEGETABLE AXD TRUCK CROPS. 
and a tuft of hair [rising] from basal joint : tibia? with the spurs long and nearly 
equal. Fore wing with veins 3, 4. 5 from angle of cell ; 7 well separated from 
8, 9, to which 10 is approximated. Hind wing with vein 3 from angle of r -e\l : 
4. 5 approximated for a short distance; 6. 7 from upper angle. 7 anastomosing 
with 8. 
THE EGG. 
The egg was not seen by the writer owing to the lateness of the 
season when continuous work was begun. We therefore have to 
depend upon the description furnished by Mr. Davis. He writes, 
in substance, that the female deposits her eggs flat and singly on the 
stem of the plant near the base. The egg is oval. 0.57 mm. by 0.82 
mm., and being transparent pale green is quite conspicuous on the 
plant. Its surface is slightly convex and covered with microscopical, 
irregular polygonal areas appearing as a netlike sculpture on the 
surface. 
Walker's description of the species under the name phrasiusalis 
follows : 
Female. Brown., rather slender, whitish beneath. Palpi vertical, slightly 
curved, rising higher than the 
head : second joint slightly 
fringed : third lanceolate, 
about half the length of the 
second. Pectus pure white in 
front. Abdomen extending a 
little beyond the hind wings: 
hind borders of the segments 
white. Fore legs with brown 
bands. Wings moderately 
broad, with a cupreous tinge: 
markings white : fringe bere 
and there white. Fore wings 
with the interior line slender, 
nearly straight; exterior line 
much interrupted, broad and 
regular in front : reniform 
mark represented by a trans- 
verse subqnadrate spot. Hind 
wings with the exterior line 
Length of the body 4 lines : of the 
-The spotted beet webworm (Hitmen ia per- 
speetalis) : a. Moth ; b, larva, lateral view : c. 
larva, dorsal view, showing characteristic mark 
ings on head and joints ; d_. abdominal joint : c 
anal joint, a-e, Enlarged ; d, e, more enlarged 
(Original.) 
broad, complete, attenuated hindward. 
wings 9 lines. 
Less technically, this moth may be described, in comparison with 
the related Hymenia fascial is Cram.. 1 as of very similar form and 
having a similar pattern. The color is paler brown, inclining to 
cinnamon. The white fascia? or bands are much le>s conspicuous, 
especially the second band on the fore wing two-thirds from the 
apex. The fascia on the hind wings is of different shape, not more 
than half as wide as in the other species, and more irregular. The 
1 See Bui. 109, Pt. I, Bur. Ent.. U. S. Dept. Agr., November 6, 1912. 
