. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Color, appearing as white, but under magnification showing a delicate grayish green. The form is of the usual echinoid, with a depressed upper surface or shallow crater, in the center of which is a minute micropyle. The latter is not very deep. The surface of the egg is covered with a fine reticulation of low raised walls, which are delicate white, and which enclose ir- regular depressed cells. At the points of juncture of the walls are poorly defined tubercles, as with most Lycaenid eggs. Egg
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Color, appearing as white, but under magnification showing a delicate grayish green. The form is of the usual echinoid, with a depressed upper surface or shallow crater, in the center of which is a minute micropyle. The latter is not very deep. The surface of the egg is covered with a fine reticulation of low raised walls, which are delicate white, and which enclose ir- regular depressed cells. At the points of juncture of the walls are poorly defined tubercles, as with most Lycaenid eggs. Eggs collected on June 8 hatched on the 17th. Larva. First instar: pale greenish yellow, speckled white. There are the usual four rows of long hairs. These are white, and slightly recurved posteriorly. Head, black. Successive instars; slug-shaped; the body, including abdomen, pale green. There are two parallel pale lines along the mid-dorsum. and also two similarly colored diagonal lines on each side, crossing the segments, except the first. The overlap is white. Legs, pale green, with brown points. Prolegs and anal prolegs, pale green with light brown claspers. Spiracles, white. Head, black. The body is covered with long white pile, each hair of which arises from a silvery white point. Mature larva; extended length, mm. Color, gray - green, the integument being light apple-green, with a profuse white pile which gives the suggestion of a gray over- cast. Each hair arises as before, from a white protrusion. There is an indistinct dark mid-dorsal line which is best developed in the region of the 5th to 8th segments, and which fades out anteriorly and poster- iorly. This is edged laterally with a cream colored line, more clearly defined posteriorly. The broad white diagonal lateral bands are still present, except on the first segment. Overlap, white, or pale buiT. Legs, green, with pale brown points. Prolegs, and anal prolegs, green, with pinkish brown claspers. Spiracles, soiled
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