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numerous. Body 4.5 mm. long. Amber yellow suffused 
with green dorsally. Large branched spines present. A 
mid-dorsal row of spines occurs on the abdominal segments. 
A para-dorsal row occurs on all segments but the first 
thoracic, a suprastigmatal row on the third thoracic and all 
abdominal segments, a substigmatal row on all segments 
but the first thoracic, and a prespiracular spine on the pro- 
thoracic segment. The thoracic spines are the largest. All 
spines and their spinules are black. All legs black. Spiracles 
amber yellow. 
Third instar . Head height .8 mm. ; head width .9 mm. 
Shiny black. Surface smooth. Black hairs more numerous. 
Two small .spines at apex bearing two large spinules and 
several small ones. Head now much wider in appearance. 
The distribution and relative lengths of the hairs are shown 
in Plate V Figure 5. Body 6.5 mm. long. Legs black. Body 
deep slate-olive. On the first thoracic segment and at the 
bases of the suprastigmatal and substigmatal spines there 
is a suffusion of buff-yellow. There is a slight tendency 
toward the same on the dorsal side of the anal segment. 
Ventral surface buff-yellow. Spines black. Spiracles buff- 
yellow. 
Fourth Instar . Head height .9 mm. ; head width 1.1 mm. 
Head similar to the previous instar with the following ex- 
ceptions: hair sockets yellow, clypeus yellow. Body 7.5 to 
8 mm. long. Deep slate-olive dorsally. Abdominal legs and 
underside buff-yellow. Anal segment and prothoracic seg- 
ment suffused with buff-yellow dorsally. Spines and spin- 
ules black. Arranged as in previous instar (cf. Plate VI 
Figure 7). Spiracles buff-yellow. 
Eggs laid July 13 hatched three days later, July 16. Each 
instar required three days. The first moult took place 
July 19, the second July 22, and the third July 25. Eggs 
were laid on either side of the leaves of Lippia. The female 
usually came to rest on the top of small plants with the result 
that eggs were seldom found anywhere but at this position. 
Anartia jatrophae jamaicensis Moeschler 
Egg. Primrose yellow. Height .75 mm. Greatest diam- 
eter .60 mm. The egg of this species appears less squat than 
