. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 47, Part 2, 1948 Legs, translucent light green, the tip of terminal segment brown. Prolegs, light green, edged with a faint pink. Crochets black. The mature larva is illustrated on Plate 10. Pupation occurs under the ground. Pupa. Length, 27 mm. Greatest width, 7 mm. Color, dark brown, the cephalic and caudal ends darker, and the metathorax black. The latter is heavily ridged. Head rounded; eyes bearing a low papilliform protrusion. The
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 47, Part 2, 1948 Legs, translucent light green, the tip of terminal segment brown. Prolegs, light green, edged with a faint pink. Crochets black. The mature larva is illustrated on Plate 10. Pupation occurs under the ground. Pupa. Length, 27 mm. Greatest width, 7 mm. Color, dark brown, the cephalic and caudal ends darker, and the metathorax black. The latter is heavily ridged. Head rounded; eyes bearing a low papilliform protrusion. The tapers to a point with a suggestion of fused double elements at the tip. It is flat laterally, and arrow shaped on dorsal PLATE 11 Pupa of Arctonotus terlootii. Enlarged X 2. Drawing by John A. Comstock The maxillae extend to the edges of the wings. Prothoracic leg prominent, and protruded as a rugose knob posterior to the eye. Antennae extending 2/3 the distance toward the wing margins. Texture of surface: Pro- and metathorax relatively smooth; anterior half of wing rugose; posterior half relatively smooth. The anterior half of each abdominal segment is profusely pitted while the posterior half is smooth. Spiracles inconspicuous, concolorous with body. The pupa is illustrated on Plate 11. 51. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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