. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE EARLY STAGES OF CALIFORNIAN LEPIDOPTERA By John A. Comstock and Charles ]\I. Dammers One of our widely distrilnited Coppers, Hcodcs gorgoii Bdv., has thus far ehided all of our western entomologists in their ef- forts to record its early stages. Mr. and Mrs. Sperry observed the species ovipositing on May 21. 1932, and sent us measure- ments and descriptions. Later, on May 26, 1932, the junior au- thor obtained numerous examples near Perris, Riverside County, California,
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE EARLY STAGES OF CALIFORNIAN LEPIDOPTERA By John A. Comstock and Charles ]\I. Dammers One of our widely distrilnited Coppers, Hcodcs gorgoii Bdv., has thus far ehided all of our western entomologists in their ef- forts to record its early stages. Mr. and Mrs. Sperry observed the species ovipositing on May 21. 1932, and sent us measure- ments and descriptions. Later, on May 26, 1932, the junior au- thor obtained numerous examples near Perris, Riverside County, California, and sul)sequently gravid females were captured which laid readih' in captivity. Xo success was obtained, however, in hatching, and the earlier instars of the larva are therefore still awaiting description. The eggs are laid singly, or occasionally in pairs or threes, at the forks of the flowering stems of Eriogonuui elongatmn Benth. The time of hatching is probably determined by the rains and consequent condition of the plants. ^lature larvae were collected May 9, 1933. Egg. Echinoid, flattened at the base, with a deep micropyle at the top. The surface is thrown into numerous longitudinal folds averaging about 22 in number. These are connected by lower horizontal partitions. The cells enclosed by these walls are deep, and the junctures of the walls with the main vertical ribs are protruded as irregular tubercles. Size, .48 mm. high by .84 mm. in diameter. The color is at first a delicate greenish, but later the ridges assume a glistening white, and the general color of the egg is a creamv white. Plate 3 illustrates the PLATE 3 Egg of Heodes gorgon, magnified x 28. Photo by Menke 25. 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 Acade
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