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DESCRIPTION OF PREPARATORY STAGES OF PHYCIODES NYCTEIS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. H. Edwards
W. H. Edwards
Affiliation:
Coalburgh, W. Va.
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Egg—Ovoidal, narrowing above, the base rounded, summit depressed ; the lower third smooth ; nearly a second third marked by irregularly hexagonal, very shallow cells; and the remainder by vertical ribs, slightly raised, terminating at the rim of summit ; color whitish-green. Duration of this stage 9 to 13 days.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 11 , Issue 6 , June 1879 , pp. 101 - 105
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1879

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* As the printing of this paper has been delayed nearly a year, I am able to add (June 1, 1879) that such of these larvæ as rested on the tin survived the winter with no loss, but those in the leaves all died. I have several times noticed that a cool metal surface protects the larvæ better than leaves, which are apt to become damp with changes in the weather. and mould.