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ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE LIFE-HISTORY OF ARCTIA PHALERATA, HARR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Arthur Gibson
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Central Experimental Fram, Ottawa.

Extract

In the December number, 1900, of this journal, page 369, the writer published the life-history of the above Arctian. During the past summer, through the kindness of Mr. A. Kwiat, of Chicago, in forwarding eggs of A. phalerata (laid 18th June), I have had the opportunity of still further studying this species, and, as these larvæ varied considerably fromthose described in 1900, the following notes were made :

In the larval stages i, ii and iii those bred in 1901 answered well to my former descriptions. In stage iv the larvæ were not so black as the specimens reared the previous year, but many of them showed the dorsal stripe. This stripe was also present in stage v, besides which 40 of the larvæ possessed a series of pale orange spots on sides between tubercles ii and iii, and iii and iv, and the skin of the body in a line with the upper spots(between tubercles ii and iii) was slightly grayish, not black like the rest of the skin; this and the spots gave the appearance of a faint lateral band, distinguishable on all segments but 2 and 13. In stage v in 1900 none of the larvæ showed the dorsal stripe.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1902

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