PHYCIODES I., II. 
on front lower face; color shining black. (Fig. c, magnified.) Duration of this 
stage five to six days. 
After second moult: length .22 inch; same shape; the stripes almost the 
same, the white dull, the brown darker; a whitish line runs with the dorsal row 
of spines, which are light in color with brown tips ; the first laterals are also 
light and stand on a whitish stripe ; the second laterals on a broad, dark stripe, 
and are almost black; the lower laterals, on a white ridge, are white; the spines 
thickly set with short, straight bristles, standing at a high angle, and dark 
tipped; under side dark brown; head sub-cordate, dark brown and black, with 
a white spot on each vertex, and one on front lower face. (Fig. cl, magnified.) 
To third moult in summer, three days. Where the larva passed the third moult 
in the fall the interval was from seven to fourteen days. 
After third fall moult: length .3 inch; the dorsum light brown edged with 
faint white at the first lateral row of spines, the brown area showing two macu¬ 
lar white streaks; below same spines a black stripe, after which the side is brown 
with a white stripe in line with lower laterals ; head sub-cordate, shining black, 
with a gray, illy-defined spot on each vertex, and another on side of face. (Figs 
e, e 2 , magnified.) At this stage the larva becomes lethargic. 
After fourth moult in spring: length .44 inch; color yellow-brown dotted 
with sordid white ; the spines short, stout, yellowish at base, brown above ; the 
bristles short, divergent, brown tipped with black ; along the dorsal row a black 
stripe, a yellow one in line with first laterals, macular, irregular, and a yellow 
band with lower laterals; head small, cordate, shining black or bronze, with a 
few black hairs; across each vertex a narrow yellow bar, a yellow triangular spot 
on front lower face connecting at the lower angle with a curved bar which runs 
to the back of head. To next moult ten days. 
After fifth and last moult in spring: length .6 inch; to maturity eight 
days. 
Matuee Laeva in spring. Length .85 inch ; color blackish-brown, dotted, 
especially on dorsum, with yellow ; the spines more tapering than at last stage; 
stout at base and there mostly yellowish ; the bristles brown, black-tipped; on 
dorsum a black stripe, often wanting ; with first laterals a yellow stripe, and a 
band of same color next below third laterals ; in some examples there is a black 
stripe between the two upper lateral rows; head cordate, shining bronze with 
black hairs; across each vertex a narrow whitish bar, thickened at the front 
and bluntly barbed on outer side ; in front a triangular spot connecting at the 
lower angle with a sickle-shaped bar on the side. 
After third moult in summer: length .45 inch ; color olive-brcwn, the dor¬ 
sum much specked and dotted with dull white ; a stripe of this color in line 
