I JOURNAL 
OF THE 
TDffo J9orh Cjnfomologirfll SoriF^g. 
Vol. V. MARCH, 1897. No. 1. 
LIFE-HISTORIES OF THE NEW YORK SLUG CATER¬ 
PILLARS.—VII-IX. 
By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D. 
PLATES I-II. 
Tortricidia fasciola Herrich-Schazffer. 
1854— Lima codes fasciola Herrich-Schaeffer, Ausser. Schmett. fig. 186. 
i860— Limacodes laticlavia Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. XII, 157. 
1864— Lithacodes fasciola Packard, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Ill, 345. 
1882— Limacodes fasciola Grote, Check List, 17. 
1886— Lithacodes laticlavia Hy. Edwards, Ent. Amer. II, 9. 
1891— Limacodes fasciata Smith, List Lep. 28. 
1892— Lithacodes fasciola Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. I, 555. 
1894— Tortricidia fasciola Neumoegen & Dyar, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. II, 76. 
Larva. 
1860-Alemens, Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phil. XII, 157. 
1872—Lintner, 26th Rept. N. Y. State Cab. Nat. Hist. 149. 
1883— Saunders, Ins. Inj. Forest Trees, 179. 
1893— Packard, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. XXXI, 101. 
1894— Dyar, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. VIII, 221. 
Special Structural Characters. 
Dorsal space broad, flat, narrowing to the ends in a short rounded 
margin, gently arched; lateral space broad, oblique, slightly concave, 
narrowing to the ends; subventral space small, retracted. Subdorsal 
ridge slight, angulated, smooth at maturity, the tubercles disappearing 
during ontogeny and finally the setse also. Lateral ridge moderately 
prominent, also smooth at maturity. Head and joint 2 well retracted. 
Segments unusually distinct, the incisures marked, cleft-like. Dorsal 
outline elliptical, joint 13 forming a broad quadrate termination. De¬ 
pressed spaces (1) to (8) present, deep, but not large, the margins 
