. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 45, Part 3, 1946 wise they were of an opaque cream white, in some cases with a sHght dorsal rosy ; To this I can add a few details. The upper portions of the cheeks are mottled with dark brown dots. Mandibles, black. Ocelli concolorous with head, a few slightly darker on the tips. Figure A of Plate 16 shows an enlarged draw- ing of the head. A lateral view of the larva is shown on Figure B of the same plate. Further details of the la
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bulletin, So. Calif. Academy of Sciences Vol. 45, Part 3, 1946 wise they were of an opaque cream white, in some cases with a sHght dorsal rosy ; To this I can add a few details. The upper portions of the cheeks are mottled with dark brown dots. Mandibles, black. Ocelli concolorous with head, a few slightly darker on the tips. Figure A of Plate 16 shows an enlarged draw- ing of the head. A lateral view of the larva is shown on Figure B of the same plate. Further details of the larval appearance are given by Miss Murtfeldt, but of the pupa she notes only that it is "short, thick with a glassy appearance, of a shaded brown color with tinge of green on the thorax and ; Our figures of the pupa given on Plate 17 will furnish other details. As previously stated by the above quoted author, the larva "when full grown—dropped from the flowers and burrowed into the earth to the depth of two or three inches, where they enclose themselves in broad, oval, thick, felt-like cocoons, which were outwardly encrusted and disguised with ;. PLATE 17 Pupa of Stibadium spuviosum, Grt. a. dorsal, b. lateral, and c. ventral aspect, enlarged X 3%. Drawing by J. A. Comstock Larvae are procurable in the fall when the sunflower seeds are maturing. They remain for a year in the chrysalis. Many other lepidopterous larvae occur on sunflower, among which may be mentioned: Chlosyne lacinia, of three forms, namely, rufescens Edw., crocale Edw., and nigrescens Ckll., the caterpillars of which may be found in the fall throughout the Imperial and Coachella Val- leys, feeding on the leaves. 143. 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. Lo
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