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Metamorphoses of Cuban Hesperiinae 
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thoracic legs fuscous. Body light Baryta yellow ; light green 
after eating. Two pairs of long forwardly recurved hairs of 
approximately equal length on anal segment. 
Second Instar. 
Head height .72 mm. ; head width .7 mm. Head dull black, 
raised reticulations darker than ground work. Lighter in 
region of epicranial suture. Length of body 4.5 mm. Body 
yellow green covered with minute black hairs. Dorsal line 
slightly darker green. A conspicuous black stellate spot on 
each side of the median line of the anal plate. 
Third Instar. 
Head height .87 mm. ; head width .8 mm. Characteristic 
brown to piceous head design on yellowish background (cf. 
Figs. 7 and 9) first appears in this instar. Areas bordering 
the epicranial and adfrontal sutures are white. Body length 
5.5 to 9 mm. Body grass green with many short black hairs. 
Dull green mid-dorsal line. Spots on anal segment now usu- 
ally four (Fig. 1) . 
Fourth Instar. 
Head height 1.25 mm.; head width 1.10 mm. Head as in 
Figs. 7 and 9. Body length 9.5 mm. Similar to foregoing 
instar. 
Eggs laid May 6 to 8 emerged May 18, five to seven days 
having elapsed. The first instar consumed six days moult- 
ing having occurred May 19 and 20. The second instar was 
of five to twelve days’ duration with moulting May 31. The 
third and fourth instars required ten days each. 
Lerodea tripuncta (Herrich-Schaffer) 
Fourth Instar. 
Head height 1.5 mm. ; head width 1.35 mm. Head with a 
rough raised reticulation and the same characteristic fuscous 
design on whitish background as in the following instar. 
Body light green covered with short whitish to brownish 
hairs. 
Fifth Instar. 
Head height 1.9 mm. ; head width 1.5 mm. Head as in 
