MELITJEA I. 
Body above black, the abdomen with a dorsal and lateral row of yellow points; 
beneath, the thorax black ; the abdomen black, with yellow at the junction of the 
segments, and with a fulvous stripe on either side; the extremity also fulvous ; 
legs and palpi fulvous; antennae black, slightly ringed with yellow on the upper 
side; club black, tipped either with fulvous or with black and fulvous. 
Female. — Expands 2.2 inches. 
Pnmaiies less produced and broader than in.the .male; paler colored, similarly 
marked. 
Egg. — Ob-ovate, truncated, rounded at base, flat or slightly depressed at sum¬ 
mit, smooth; the upper third marked by from twelve to eighteen vertical ridges 
which spring from the surface, increase in elevation as they proceed, and ter¬ 
minate at the edge of the flattened summit; color lemon^ellow when first 
deposited, changing in a few days to dull crimson, and shortly before the dis¬ 
closure of the larva to black. Duration of this stage nineteen or twenty days. 
(Fig. b, egg magnified.) 
Ioung Larva. — Length, .08 inch; cylindrical, translucent, luteous, each 
segment showing a transverse row of brown tubercles, which indicate the posi¬ 
tion of the future spines, each giving a pencil of light hairs; legs brown, pro¬ 
legs luteous ; head broader than the body, obovate, bilobed, brown. Time to 
first moult six days. (Fig. c, larva magnified.) 
Aftei fiist moult: length, .16 ; shape as before ; color dull luteous, the ex¬ 
tremities dusky ; from each tubercle arises a short black fleshy spine, which 
bristles with light hairs; head blackish-brown. To second moult six or seven 
days. (Fig. d. magnified.) 
After second moult: length, .3 inch ; the spines longer, the bristles larger 
and black; color either ochraceous or brown, the segments at either extremity 
black; head black, much covered with short black hairs. Duration of this stage 
nine to ten days. (Figure omitted accidentally.) 
After third moult: length .35 ; the spines longer, black, shining, each spring¬ 
ing from a glossy black tubercle, the bristles radiating and interlacing; the 
extreme segments black, the others dark yellow-fulvous, with black stripes; 
head black. Immediately after this moult is completed, the larvre cease feeding 
and become lethargic, in which state they remain till the following spring! 
(Fig. e, larva natural size ; e 2 , magnified.) 
The fourth moult takes place a few days after animation is restored; length, 
.6 inch ; scarcely changed in appearance from last stage; color dull yellow r -ful- 
\ous. Time to next moult about ten days. (Fig. y, natural size.) 
After fifth moult: length, .8 inch. The growth is now rapid, and in a few 
days the larva reaches maturity. (Fig. y.) 
