. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bill Egg of Callipsyche behrii much enlarged. Egg of Heodes heteronea clara PLATE 15. much enlarged. Mr. T. M. Blackman of Los Angeles has presented me with ova of Oehlodes agricola Bdv. together with a sketch of the newly emerged larva, from which the following brief description is prepared. Egg. Cone-shaped, as per the accompanying cut; the surface cov- ered with slightly raised ridges in a minute honeycomb pattern. Color, dull white. See page 70. Plate 18. Newly emerged larva. White; head b
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Bill Egg of Callipsyche behrii much enlarged. Egg of Heodes heteronea clara PLATE 15. much enlarged. Mr. T. M. Blackman of Los Angeles has presented me with ova of Oehlodes agricola Bdv. together with a sketch of the newly emerged larva, from which the following brief description is prepared. Egg. Cone-shaped, as per the accompanying cut; the surface cov- ered with slightly raised ridges in a minute honeycomb pattern. Color, dull white. See page 70. Plate 18. Newly emerged larva. White; head black and shiny. A narrow black transverse band on dorsal area of second segment, with a black lateral spot below each end of this band. Small black spots on seg- ments 3 to 13, on dorsal and lateral areas, disposed as shown in the cut. Legs and prolegs, white. On page 165, fig. A52b of "Butterflies of California" is shown a figure of the larva of Phasiana curvata. This interesting Geometrid caterpillar imitates to a remarkable degree, the terminal twigs of the juniper. It is marked in a series of diamond shaped spots, with vary- ing shades of green, the pattern becoming darker and more clearly defined in the last larval instar. The chrysalis of this moth is illustrated in the accompanying figure, which renders a description unnecessary; it is a deep glistening 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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