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Calocampa einitta.
Homoptera minerea.
Eggs laid on maple and will ow May 29.
Flattened finely not-deeply ribbed dark oblong egg
Blue.
Hatched June .7 A.m.
First Stage
Dark rather dirty green. The 7 postclytric legs
dorsally and distally reddish 3.54.
dirty yellow. A broad calcaral dirty whitish
band. Ventral p. dirty reddish lead light
brown with a few hairs and ventral continuous
dark lateral dots. Body covered sparsely w.
fine black set. Tubercles bristly, very blunt straight
hairs. Legs and protop legs light straw color
Second Stage. June 11.
Dull Mackin green. Sub dorsal region of the
9 post zys dull reddish (glass) and indistinct. Light
calcaral & 2 odorsal, and a darker dorsal line.
Black points as before - Head whitish hairy. L. 15 mm.
Third stage June 14.
Somewhat darker than before Else 2am. 19mm
4th stage June 19.