Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . segment being oftlie normal size. Tliis retraetility of the head in (eiiira may be an a(hi])tive, recent ehaiacter, and featureappeals to indicate tiiat it is a later, more specialized form than H. inarthcuut. Cocoon.—The (aterpillur spins between the leaves (in the breeding cage) a symmetrical oval-elliptical, evenly woven cocoon of pale gray silk, thougli it is thin and It is 30 length and 17 mm. in widtli. Ilqid.—Two ,j , three 9 . Body full and tliick, the abdominal segments 1 to 7 punctured muchas in Jl. <intfiri
Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . segment being oftlie normal size. Tliis retraetility of the head in (eiiira may be an a(hi])tive, recent ehaiacter, and featureappeals to indicate tiiat it is a later, more specialized form than H. inarthcuut. Cocoon.—The (aterpillur spins between the leaves (in the breeding cage) a symmetrical oval-elliptical, evenly woven cocoon of pale gray silk, thougli it is thin and It is 30 length and 17 mm. in widtli. Ilqid.—Two ,j , three 9 . Body full and tliick, the abdominal segments 1 to 7 punctured muchas in Jl. <intfiri/ti( and hiiindaUi. Tlie head is full, rounded, with two well-marked, parallel verticalridges, which are convex; and smooth, passing up and down between the eyes; on the to]) of thehead are slightly marked corrugations. In the transverse black band extending behindand next to the hinder edge of the thorax are eight large, deep pits, the squarisli tuberclesbetween them being simple on the upper surface, whicli is dull,
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