. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. STUDIES IN PACIFIC COAST LEPIDOPTERA (Continued) JOHN ADAMS COMSTOCK Early in the spring of this year I received from Mr. Fred Thorne of San Diego, a few eggs of Euphydryas quino. The following notes and accompanying drawing were prepared therefrom. E. quino Behr. Egg; slightly taller than broad, the upper half fluted with about 20 vertical ribs, and the lower half pitted. Base broadly rounding. Micropyle not depressed. Minute, barely perceptible horizontal ridges occur on the floor of the gro
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. STUDIES IN PACIFIC COAST LEPIDOPTERA (Continued) JOHN ADAMS COMSTOCK Early in the spring of this year I received from Mr. Fred Thorne of San Diego, a few eggs of Euphydryas quino. The following notes and accompanying drawing were prepared therefrom. E. quino Behr. Egg; slightly taller than broad, the upper half fluted with about 20 vertical ribs, and the lower half pitted. Base broadly rounding. Micropyle not depressed. Minute, barely perceptible horizontal ridges occur on the floor of the grooves between the vertical columns. Color, at first yellow, changing to a brownish-yellow. A race of Tharsalea arota occurs in the Tejon Mountains which is about intermediate between the typical form, and the race nubila. Examples of this were noted ovipositing on Ribes cereum. The egg did not differ from that of nubila, which has been previously illustrated in "Butterflies of California," except for a slightly more pyramidal form. The food-plant is a new 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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