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the larva is filled out by feeding. Depressed areas irregularly sculp¬ 
tured, creased, regular, the dorsal (i) transversely elongate, hexagonal, 
addorsal small, rounded; latticed ridges very narrow, almost linear, 
but the areas not much depressed. Sides hollowed below the round 
bulging ridge, which has a segmental row of round clear glandular areas 
on its lower aspect; surface slightly granular without well-defined 
sculpturing, two angular areas just indicated, the upper (7) pentagonal, 
the lower (8) rounded. Color greenish, the ridge broadly brown with 
the connecting band as before at the highest part of the dorsum. The 
back is a little angled at the segment posterior to this band (joints 7-8). 
Length 1.8 to 2.9 mm. 
Stage II 7.—Much as before, but the depressed areas or plates are 
better defined. They are large, almost contiguous, still somewhat de¬ 
pressed, irregularly shagreened, the narrow latticed ridges, and especially 
the high bulging subdorsal ridge, distinctly scaled as in the full-grown 
larva. The dorsal plates (1) have a paired character as seen by a cen¬ 
tral line and two glandular dots on each side (PI. VII, fig. 7). On the 
sides the plates are depressed, not very distinctly bounded. There can 
be distinguished besides those formerly seen (7 and 8) also a small seg¬ 
mental row just above the subventral edge (9). Dorsal and lateral 
areas sunken, ridge prominent, rounded, smooth. Shape elliptical, 
square anteriorily, tail obtusely pointed, the back evenly arching from 
head to tail. Coloration at first as before, but soon the great diversity 
in individual markings appears. In three larvae from eggs laid by the 
same moth, three types appeared. The sides in all remained pale 
green, but the back was variously marked with reddish-brown. The 
extent of variation is from the minimum of a line along the subdorsal 
ridge with connecting transverse bar to the maximum of a complete 
brown dorsal space. Length 2.9 to 3.9 mm. 
Stage IV .—The larva now exactly resembles the mature form ex¬ 
cept in size. The plates are quite distinct and the scale-like skin gran¬ 
ules well developed. Markings better defined than before and as vari¬ 
ous as at maturity. Length 3 9 to 5 6 mm. 
Stage V .—Head greenish-white, eye black, jaws brown with two 
black bands; palpi pale. All the plates are distinct (Plate VII, figs. 7 
and 8), the scaling as in the mature larva. Plates shagreened, scarcely 
sunken, the dorsal ones (1) divided by a slight raised line. Hump on 
joints 7-8 quite well marked, but varying in different larvae; tail round 
pointed. In an example selected for description the dorsum was 
creamv-brown, the ridge above, all the dorsal latticed ridges and a nar- 
