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LIFE HISTORIES OF CUBAN LEPIDOPTERA 
By V. G. Dethier 
John Carroll University, 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Introduction 
The life histories described in this paper are, for the 
most part, those of insects whose immature stages have 
hitherto been unknown. Also included are accounts which 
supplement the descriptions of species treated by earlier 
authors. Even the most meager notes are included here 
because it is felt that every fact however brief aids in the 
further study of a life history. For a list of previous studies 
of some of these species the reader is referred to Davenport 
and Dethier (1937). Color descriptions are based upon a 
comparison with Ridgway’s (1920) color charts. 
This work was made possible by a Harvard University 
Fellowship which enabled the author to pursue research at 
the Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum in Soledad, 
Cuba. 
Calisto herophile Hbn. 
Egg 
Ivory yellow to white when laid. Nearly spherical. Cov- 
ered with a fine raised reticulation forming minute polyg- 
onal areas. A day or more after being laid the egg 
develops tawny-olive markings (Figs. 5, 6, and 8). 
First Instar 
Head height .6 mm. ; head width .7 mm. General color 
of head bronze. Entire surface covered with a fine irregular 
dark brown raised reticulation. The background of the 
frontal areas is lighter than the rest of the head. Ocelli 
white. Edge of clypeus and mandibles dark brown. There 
are a few colorless tapering hairs and characteristic pro- 
tuberances (Fig. 3) . Body length 2 to 4 mm. Newly hatched 
