Preparatory Stages of Pseudohazis Shastaensis Behrens

PSEUDOHAZIS SIIASTAKTSIS Behrens.* 1880-Behi-ens, No. Am. ent., i, 62 . var . DENUDATA Neumoegen. 18gi-Neum., Can. ent., xviii, 14';. I have received the eggs of this species from Mrs. S. J. Kidder, who has very kindly taken the trouble to find them and forward them to me in good condition. They were received in the fall of 1892 and hatched on May 11th following. Eggs -Deposited in a ring shaped mass around a leaf stem or twig, without covering. Oval, flattened a t the sides, round on the base, but flat on top, forming a distinct, elliptical area, slightly depressed centrally a t the micropyle. Smooth, shining, pale brown, covered with a white pigment below and on the narrower sides and forming a distinct r ing around the top surface, inside of which is a dark brown border. Height 1.8 mm. ; broad diameter centrally 1.6 mm., at top 1.1 mm. ; narrow diameter centrally 0.8 mm., at top 0.7 mm. Duration of this stage throughout the hibernating period. L a r v a , stage I.-Head round, bilobed, shining black: antennae prominent; width 0.7-0.7; mm. Body dull black, feet reddish. Rows of modified processes, apparently arranged as in the mature larva, but only three rows discernible. Row i very long, rather slender, the anterior ones distinctly furcate or trifid, each branch with a very long, minutely spinulose, pale seta, even longer than the shaft. The processes are