. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. the one nearest the stigmata Ijeing wider. It also bears a well defined pink mid-dorsal line. Another of 17 mm. length, probably in the third instar. shows the same marking. The mature larvae frequent the reddish brown reticulated fi- brous bases of the palm fronds, particularly those of the rlead leaves. This probably constitutes their food, if one may judge from the color of their frass, and the further fact that no portion of the palm shows any evidence of being eaten. Even the most heavily
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. the one nearest the stigmata Ijeing wider. It also bears a well defined pink mid-dorsal line. Another of 17 mm. length, probably in the third instar. shows the same marking. The mature larvae frequent the reddish brown reticulated fi- brous bases of the palm fronds, particularly those of the rlead leaves. This probably constitutes their food, if one may judge from the color of their frass, and the further fact that no portion of the palm shows any evidence of being eaten. Even the most heavily infested trees show no perforation of the green or dried leaves, or young shoots. The trees which yield the greatest numl>er of moths are in- variably those of 20 to 25 years of age, from which the dead leaves hang in beard-like festoons. Trees from which the leaves have been trimmed show no 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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