SYNOPSIS OF GROUP IX. 
Body bluish-white, ringed with black. 
With a yellow stigmatal stripe. 
Without this stripe. 
Body ringed with bluish-white, black and orange. 
With about 17 rings on each segment. 
With about 18 rings on each segment. . .... 
With about 11 rings on each segment. 
Body greenish-yellow, ringed with black. 
Body green. 
Ringed with black. 
Ringed with yellow on segments 4 and 12. 
1 
2 
8 
4 
5 
6 
(Group X, No. 3 
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1 —Calpe canadensis .—Body bluish-white ; a yellow stigmatal stripe ; 
a dorsal row of transverse black dashes; a row of black dashes just 
above the stigmatal stripe; sometimes some of these dashes unite 
with those in the dorsal row. forming transverse black bands; venter 
black or deep green; thoracic legs brown, the others black; head 
shining yellow, marked with two black spots on the upper part of 
the face, three black spots near the jaws, and a black spot on each 
side of the head; length 1^ inches. Feeds on Meadow-rue ( Thalic - 
trum). April to August. Spins a cocoon. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
2 —P sycliomorpha epimenis .—Body 
white, marked on each segment with 
4 transverse black bands ; segment 11 
slightly humped. Feeds on Grape. 
(J. A. Lintner.) 
Fig. 67—Psychomorpha epimenis. Larva- 
3 —Alypia octomaculata .—On the mid¬ 
dle of each segment is a transverse 
orange-red band, on which, on the mid¬ 
dle segments, are about 8 black pilif¬ 
erous spots, from each of which pro¬ 
ceeds a white hair; on each side of 
this band, on each segment, are 4 black 
rings alternating with 4 bluish white 
ones; beneath the spiracles is a wavy 
whitish stripe interrupted by the orange 
red bands; venter black, slightly varie¬ 
gated with bluish white and with the 
orange red bands extending on the leg¬ 
less segments; cervical shield and head 
shining deep orange yellow, marked with black dots. Feeds on 
Grape. May to October. Enters the earth. (C. V. Riley.) 
Fig, 
68.—Alypia octomaculata. 
and larva. 
Moth 
