. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. PLATE 3 5-A Mature larva of Hemileuca nevaden- sis californica, dorsal view, en- larged X approx. 1%. Photo by Nemetz. With an abundance of information thus available in easily accessible literature it is therefore unnecessary to repeat a de- scription of the larva, other than to briefly recapitulate as follows: In the mature larva the head is dark maroon, with a slight furrow on the sum- mit. The body ground color is light yel- low-buff, with occasionally a slight green- ish tinge. The variou
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. PLATE 3 5-A Mature larva of Hemileuca nevaden- sis californica, dorsal view, en- larged X approx. 1%. Photo by Nemetz. With an abundance of information thus available in easily accessible literature it is therefore unnecessary to repeat a de- scription of the larva, other than to briefly recapitulate as follows: In the mature larva the head is dark maroon, with a slight furrow on the sum- mit. The body ground color is light yel- low-buff, with occasionally a slight green- ish tinge. The various spots and broken bands are black. The abdomen is dull blackish, with the spots varying from a clay green to yellow. Stigmata, oval, yel- low, encircled with black. Legs, black. Prolegs and anal prolegs. reddish brown, the claspers black. The spines are black, except for the lowermost row where the bases are black, the shafts slightly yellowish, and the tips black. The rosettes of simple spines along the dorsum are orange-3^ellow, with black tips. The body is sparingly covered with short colorless hairs. Our figures, on Plates 35 and 35-A show the larva and pupa. The latter is blackish maroon, with a few maroon hairs on the cremaster. The pupal surface is heavily rugose. The larval foodplants are willow and poplar of various species. Packard records two unnamed para- sites recovered from this species, one-being a Tachinid, the other an Apanteles. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Stretch, R. H. Zyg. and Bomb. N. Am. 1, p. 108, pi. 4, fig. 10, 1872. 2. Wright, W. G. Can. Entom. 20 (2), p. 31, 1888. 3. French, G. H. Can. Entom. 26 (10), p. 293, 1894. 4. Dyar, H. G. Can. Entom. 27 (11), p. 325, 1895. 5. Packard, A. S. Memoirs Nat'l. Ac. Sci., XII, p. 191, 1914. 6. Dyar, H. G. Proc. U. S. Nat'l. Mus. 25, p. 371, 1902. 7. Edwards, Hy. Pacific Coast Lep. No. 16, p. 5, 1875. 8. Hulst, Geo. D. Entom. Amer. 3, p. 191, 112. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may hav
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