. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . line each side, and a trans-verse yellow line on the posterior edge of the 4th to the lOth joints inclusive. The tubercles are ver-million-red, the lower ones darkest, the upper ones verging on to orange; and on joints-2—5 there is anadditional ventral tubercle each side. The spiracles are <leep reddish-brown: the head is bluish-green shaded above with light brown, and a
. First[-ninth] annual report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects, of the state of Missouri, made to the State board of agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the Legislature of the state . line each side, and a trans-verse yellow line on the posterior edge of the 4th to the lOth joints inclusive. The tubercles are ver-million-red, the lower ones darkest, the upper ones verging on to orange; and on joints-2—5 there is anadditional ventral tubercle each side. The spiracles are <leep reddish-brown: the head is bluish-green shaded above with light brown, and at sides with darker brownf: the upper lij) is producedinto two api)en(Ucles more prominent than in any of the species yet described and serving no doubtto steady the leaf which the worm is gnawing. The cervical shield is horny, with a tinge of blue. Thethoracic legs are brown with yellow at base, and the prolegs light brown with a black outer line justabove the coronet of hooks. The caudal plate is narrow, bluish, with brown edges and bordered * Doubtless according to food-plant. fed on Hickory have given me the darker cocoons•f Exceptional specimens occur with the head and thoracic legs almost
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