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April 1897.1 PS YC HE. 5 3
the much longer 4th antennal segment, and the quite large marginal spines. None of these similar species have been found in the V. s.
2. A JAPANESE COCCID WARAN-
TINED AT SAX FRANCISCO.
Leiicaspis fa'/ionicus, n. sp. - $ Scales numerous on the twigs, pyriform, about the form of Myfilcisflis å´po7norn7n but somewhat smaller, whitish with a strong greyish-
ochreous tinge, exactly the color of the twig on which they rest; exuviae strongly con- trasting, dark chestnut color. Thc second skin is large and narrow, only slightly over- lapped by the first.
$ Elongate, after boiling in soda pale
orange-yellow; four well-developed lobes, similar in form, but the second sn~aller than the first, all about as far apart as the breadth of ii median lobe, trilobcd, the median lobule largest, the others very distinct and
sotne-
what spreading.
The wide areas between the
median lobes, and between the first and
second, are cadi occupied bv a pair of deeply hifid plates, which do not extend to the lei-el of the ends of the lobes.
The margin ceph-
alad of the second lobe is gently crennte, the low broad elevations resulting, about seven in number, being armed with three or more minute spinules, really rudimentary plates. " Surface of hind portion conspic- uously striate, anal orifice a long distance from hind end, no groups of ventral glands, but numerous large transversely elongate scattered glands. The whole lateral riiaråÁ;i of the abdominal portion of the insect p-rc- bents a thickened striate edge, with broad serrate chaff-like scales at very frequent intervals.
Hub. --On broom from Japan, found Dec.,
1896, by Mr. Alex. Craw in the course of his horticultural quarantine work at San Fran- cisco.
Note. -å Since the above was written, Prof, Gillette has found the Lec0nin79~ flai'eolum at the Colorado College. The proper name of the plant, according to Mr. Cowen, is Pileu microfhyllum.- T. D. A. C., March 2.
THE LARVAL STAGES OF ARCTIA ANNA GROTE.
BY HARRISON G. DYAR, NEW YORK, X. Y.
Eggs were obtained from a female moth of the $ersephona form at Greenwood Lake,
N. I., in June.
B~fi Neatly conoidal, the base flat and
concave ; pale yellowish white, shining; the reticulations very fine, broad, not sharp, rounded, the areas between forming shallow indistinctly margined pits ;
height, .6 mm.,
diameter .g rom.
Stage I. Head bilobed, the lobes dark
blackish brown, ciypeus pale, whitish ; width 4 mm. Cervical shield narrow, dusky; body whitish, with
long, stiff, dark setae; warts
pale ; later both warts and leg-plates shining dusky gray, large.
Sctae normal, the sub-
primaries absent, but wart iii on the abdo- men bears two hairs, including the large subdorsal wart on joint 13 which has four hairs. At the end of the stage the appear- ance is whitish, the segments faintly brown clotted, not distinctly banded, thewarts dusky, not contrasting.
S w e II. Head bilobed, the lobes shining blackish, clypeus pale; width .55 mm. Body whitish, shaded with red-brown around the dusky warts, giving the appearance of longi- tudinal bands, especially a pale dorsal line. Warts hairy, normal, large except i which is very small and vi which is moderate. Hairs stiff, black, ti few longer ones posteriorly from the subdorsal wart on joint 13. After eating, the body becomes sordid greenish, the larva consequently appearing dark.
Stage fT1.
Head shining black, the cly-
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pens pale yellowish; width .7 mm. Body
thick and robust with large black warts, grayish, brown mottled, no marks except a faint, pale, dorsal line. Hair abundant, stiff, bristly, biirbuled coarsely, black, a few longer hairs posteriorly. Later there is a faint wavy white subdorsal line below wart ii. Stage ZK Lobes of head shiningblack,
clypeus pale yellowish; width 1.1 nim. Body blackish brown, not so dark as usual, no marks except a very faint paler straight dor- sal and a lateral line (below ii). Wnrts shin- ing black, faintly pale ringed at the base. Hair as before with the addition of two very long slender white hairs from joint 13. Later the pale inarks around warts iii are faintly reddish.
Stays V. Head pale brownish, A black
sh;ide on each lobe in front, mouth brown, eyes large, black; w.idth 1.55 mm. Body
black, the warts shining, large with stiff" black hairs, a pair of long (12 mm.) white ones posteriorly. Xo distinct marks; a faint whitish dash below wart iii, fine pale dorsal and subdorsal (below ii) lines; lateral area paler than the dorsal, the bases of warts iii to v slightly reddish.
Staye VI. Head shining black, bases of
antennae and line above mouth whitish;
width 2.2 mm. Body all black, velvety;
warts shining, the bases of ii to iv faintly reddish under a lens, no marks visible to the unaided eye. Hair bristly, deep black, bar- buled, some longer ones posteriorly, but ;ill alike black. Tips of feet pale.
Stage VII (interpolated). Head black,
the sides, clypeus, suiures and mouth more b!-ownish; width 2.: to2.7 mm. Body black, the basal rings of the warts dull lnteons, warts shining, no other marks. Hair very coarse with barbules as before.
Stage VIJI. Mead as in stage vi, width
about 3 ~nm. Body and hair black, the bases of the warts shining, the ends of all the feet pale; no miu-ks.
The back and sides of the
head are brownish and later the antennae and line above the mouth becomes pinkish. The larvae hibernate in this stage. The
growth is slow. The eggs hatched toward
the end of Junc, the last molt took place between August 24th and September 12th in different larvae and hibernation began soon afterward.
Food plants vario~is low plants.
PINK LOCUSTARIANS.
A SPECIMEN of Amblycorypha oblongifolia
of a vinous color was sent me in 1886 by Mrs. Sidney I. Smith who took it Aug. y, at Woods' Holl. It was dead when it reached me but had been kept alive some time. All the green parts including both tegmina and wings were tinted of a uniform color except that the thickened green flecks of the normal tegmina and the lateral carinae of the pro- noturn were fuscous. So too were the eyes, hut the antennae, except the extreme base, were lnteons like the ordinary form. The specimen was a $ and the color extended to the ovipositor of course, the denticles of which were fuliginous.
Two other specimens (8 9) of the same
species were also taken at the same place by Mr. Richard Rathbnn and Prof. A. E. Verrill on Aug. 29, 1886, and were examined while still living. The $ is of a pale coral red verging on magenta, the abdomen a shade
paler, while the $ is of an orange red.
The
tegmina of the 9 are of a very clear color with scarcely a single fleck of brown while those of the 8 are much dotted (for Ambly- corypha) with brown and longitudinally
flecked with yellow, while the stridulating field is almost entirely dull brown, and an obscure patch of the same color more distinct on one side than the other appears near the middle of the outer half of the tegmina near the upper margin. In both the palpi are of the color of the body, but the eyes are green and the antennae of the normal Inteous.
The lateral carinae of the pronotum are
luteons in the 7, fuscous in the 3.




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