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October 18gq.J PSYCHE.
415
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOMETRIDAE. - V. BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASlIINGTOX, D. C.
Gonodowiis hyfioch-aria H.-S. I have
described this larva previously (Ent. News, V, GI), but the present description is more full and exact.
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Regularly elliptical from upper as-
pect, one end depressed, wedge-shaped from side aspect,the thicker end obscurely tnincate, consisting only of a slight flattening; surface neatly hexagonally reticular, the reticula- tions distinct and raised, very narrow, but with rounded tubercles at the angles as large as one third the diameter of a cell area. On
the side taking the light, the tubercles are dark, pale on the &irk side, and on the edge view plainly protruding. The egg is well rounded, without sharp angles; color shin- ing greenish white, opaque; later opaq~ic pink and finally gray-black. Size .8 X .6 X . j mm. Hatches in 10 days.
Sf- I.
Head large, round, dark brown
on vertex, face strongly mottled with white ; width about .25 mm. Joints 3 to 9 enlarged a little centrally by small blunt processes bearing tubercle iii ; otherwise smooth. Ground color while ; dl of the thorax, joints to to 1s dorsally and large diamond slitipcd dorsiil pi~lches on joints6 to 9 dark vinous brown, joined by :I narrow dorsal line and a fines' subdorsn.1 one ; feet dark ; venter with large spots connected like the dorsal ones and joining those somewhat narrowly on the sides. Setae small, stiff, dark, not percepti- bly glandular; tubercles obsolete
The lar-
vae progress slowly and are rather sluggish. Later the paie spaces are cut by several dusky lines, being resolved into a number of white spots.
A dorsal pair on the anterior
edge of the segment are a little elevated while the brown elevations are less conspicuous. Anal plate edged with pale.
Sfwe II. Head thin, flat before, disk-like, shallowly bilobed; red-brown, spotted with white; four spots in front cover most of the surface, clypeus pale; two spots on the nar- row'sides ; width about .5 mm. Body essen- tially as before, the lateral blunt, brown processes present on joints 5 to 9, segments banded irregularly centrally with red-brown, connected by a number of indistinct brown lines ; interspaces broadly luteous, with many small bright white spots. On joinla 8 to q the brown dorsal band predominates and the segmental bnnds are fainter, being absent on joints 10 to 13. Thorax nil dark above, feet pale, abtiominal feet dark. Brown ventral stripe rather distinct. Litter the brown color pales and only the low processes (post sligmatal) remain chirk.
Sfqe III. Head rounded, squarish,
scarcely bilobecl, half as thick as high, whit- isli, dotted with brown, forming aboider about the face which has the clypeus and four spots confluent therewith whitish ; ver- tex and sides traversm.1 by three brown pul- verulent bands on each lobe ; width about I min. Body cylindrical, smooth, the thorax contracted, bent backwaid at joint 5. all the feet appressed, the thoracic segments com- pressed latenilly. Greenish brown, not
dark, except a/rouiid the very slight elevation behind and above the spiracle (tubercle
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in) and in three spots subventrally in MI oblique row and very slight dashes in the center of the segments. A ~lsirk dorsal line and inark on the foot of joint 10 in front, subventrally on joints 11 to 13 ; thorax darkly shaded. A number of very fine dotted white, longitudinal lines, vi7,. : addorsal, obscure; subdorsal, more distinct and on joints 6, 7 and S anteriorly breaking up into two or three rather large white spots, the most anterior of which is placed inward, next the dorsal line ; there are three other lines on the sides and three subventrally, the last forming a Paths 8415.416 tprc-1903). htlp:/lpsyclircnlclub or@8/8-415 htd



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double ventral line. The lower two of the side lines are somewhat broken by large
white spots on the anterior portion ofjoints 6 and 7. Lines lost on the thorax. Other examples are more heavily shaded with dark brown so that the lines are broken, especially centrally on the segments.
Stage 7V. Head flat before, sides and ver- tex continuous and of even width, a slight shallow notch. Face with an irregular pale mu-k cohiposed of a white clypeus and four confluent dots, surrounded by a &irk brown border, dotted with white; skies and vertex white, mottled with brown, especially in the center of the side posteriorly and in vertical notch; width about I. i, mm. Body cylin- drical with slight suhventi'ii-1 ridge, thorax somewhat smaller; anal platc large. trian- gular, not cornified; tubercle iii in ti slightly elevated black spot. Brown, finely streaked longitu~linally with white, intermixed with a few black dots. An obscurely double,
blackish dorsal line, each side of which on joints 6, 7 and 8 are two white dots, the anterior one nearest tlic line. Thorax sub- ventrally and a dot before the spiracle on joint 5, sin oblique snhvet-itnil clasli on joints 5 to ~onnd joints n to 13 s~~hventriilly black. All rathei- obscurely marked, brown, lesem- bling bark. During the stage the color pales to an almost whitish brown making- the white linings obscure nnd the black dots proininent. S/np V. Head as before, the sides and
vertex pale, faintly marbled with pale In- teous; widLh about 2 mm. Body straight,
cylindrical, rather short and robust, sn-mller than the head; a slight dorsal elevation on joint 12 composed of the prominent tuber- cles i ; anal plate and leg shields large. Pale wood brown, speckled with black; i. e. the tubercles and some irregular dots, besides a narrow double dorsal line, black. The line is pulverulent and fainter in the incisures. A similar, browner ventral line. Feet pale; a dark subventral shade on thorax. Setae obscure; dorsal tuberclesa little prominent. Staye VI. Head square, face flat, rounded, slightly narrowed above; broadly, shallowly bilobed, equal in thickness above and below ; clypeus high, the puraclypeal pieces reaching the vertical notch; width 2.8 mm. Color
pale wood brown, face strongly mottled with dark brown around the margin; clypens and an area on either side pale; sides faintly mill-bled with pale hrown, most distinctly on vertex. Body cylindrical, ratherrohnst, neck slightly narrowed; smooth, tubercles i on joint 12 produced; subventral fold slightly prominent, waved; anal shields large,
rounded. Thoracic feet rather small, equal. Pale wood brown, faintly mottled with red- brown ; a narrow, geminate, pulverulent., black dorsal line, slightly broadening into a shade on joints 12 and 13. Medio-ventral line pale and reddish; a broad, double, dif- fuse, shaded subventral black band. Tuber- cles and several dots-in lateral region black, spimcles black ringed; feet slightly lined with black at base. Variation not marked. The laterill dots may be faint or distinct, rarely connected into a broad lateral shade, bordered above by a waved subdorsal line and reaching over lutcrul region to below sub- ventral fold. The usual form is pale brown with single dorsal and paired subventral blackish bands; tubercles i of joint 12 conic- ally produced.
Cocoon a coarse net of brown silk between leaves. The la]-vue refused oak, but fed readily on persimtfton am1 apple. Found at Brookhaven, Long Islmd, N. Y., eggs June loth, mature larvae August. loth.
A NEW MELOID BEETLE PARASITIC
ON ANTIIOPHORA.
Leonianeomexicana, n. sp. -Length about
11 millim. Black, including legs and anten- nae; elytra fulvous. Form of L. rileyi,
with a rather sparse black pubescence;
mandibles stout, curved, entire, blunt at tip; antennae stout, 10-jointed, first joint cam- panulate, shorter and more abruptly swollen



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