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containing [illegible] - [illegible] (black hairs than Stewart). L. 11 mm.
In some specimens the s.d. band has decided orange and bright yellow tint postnuchal.
5th instar July 25.
Varis somewhat two not much in shade. Bluish black
mottled with white lines and dots, lighter dorsalia
Vit. S.d. and lat. lines scarcely marked in most
The former often indistinct and varying in shade
from cream color to orange: not traceable on ant. legs.
The lat. line well defined varying from cream to yellow
This is sub.-stipulata. Stipae black ringed - bred black
Generally 2-3 sup. and yellowish brown palpi.
a portal V mark. Short tap. post. L. 18 mm.
5th instar July 31, Neotoma [illegible] -
Black with an orange substipulatal band which varies
in individuals and is hardly noticeable in some in
none it very conspicuous. Stipulae contrasting
white else entirely black. Hardly separable from
[illegible] to which it shows this sp. very closely
related. Differs in the absence of any signs of s.d.
marks on post. legs and by the absence of any intramural
of finer hairs with the dorsal [illegible]. 28 mm.
Short taper. post. of Neotoma type. Spinos coxom
like this 2nd instar Aug. 9 '84 - period 55 days or so [illegible].
Imagoes in Bolton May 23 '85