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rounded, not sharply defined; (4) is evidently situated in the incisure 
on the posterior edge of its corresponding segment. (1) and (4) are 
the largest and have distinct dark centers, both transversely elongated. 
Skin granules large, rounded, contiguous, rather confused and irregular 
so that the surface appears creased and coarsely shagreened rather than 
covered with distinct granules. In stage I the setae are arranged as in 
Apoda y-mversa and have the same structure. Their course of reduc¬ 
tion in the later stages is also the same. The skin granules when first 
appearing are of two forms, numerous fine ones and a few larger ones 
which form short spines on the ridges. These persist till the last stage, 
when the granulation is rendered uniform, but confused. 
The coloration is a light yellowish green, marked obscurely with 
yellow, adapted to the color of the leaves it feeds on. 
Affinities, Habits, etc. 
This larva is nearly allied to Apoda y-inversa and to what 1 now 
think is A. bigut tat a, * also in a less degree to the Packardias. It dif¬ 
fers from these in the peculiar granulation. In referring the species to 
Tortncidia , the characters of the moth alone were considered. On the 
whole the species seems not strictly congeneric, phylogenetically, with 
either Apoda or Tortricidia , and the name Lithacodes would be justified, 
if any good characters could be found in the moth. From Tortricidia 
pallida and Heterogenea flexuosa (?) this larva differs in the slight 
development of the depressed spaces which are as in Apoda. The shape 
is similar in both. 
T. fasciola ranges to the north, probably as far as T. pallida and it 
also ranges well to the south. It is an abundant species in New York, 
the larvae always well separated and living on a variety of plants, for 
the most part low. Occasionally the larvae will be found on very low 
shrubs. 1 hey are not particular as to the position of their food plant 
in regard to light, being found in open as well as dark woods. The 
small eggs are laid singly on the backs of the leaves in July and the 
larvae mature in September. There are seven larval stages, occasion¬ 
ally eight, the larvae feeding in stage I, as in all the smooth Eucleids. f 
A newly hatched larva was found by me on wild cherry and carried 
through to maturity. I am indebted to Miss Morton for fertile eggs, 
from which also I followed out the life history. 
* Described as Apoda y-inversa, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. VIII, 221. 
t Our statement to the contrary in the case of Apoda y-inversa is an error. 
