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'Waucoba GJVews Sponsored by The Bishop Museum & Historical Society, Bishop, Ca. 93514 Vol. VFounded and Edited by Enid A. Larson, Box 265, Big Pine, Ca. 93513 Winter 19&Subscription: Four 9" long stamped self-addressed envelopes 4 issues per yearor a m e m b e r s h i p ~ $ 5 . 0 0 in Bishop Museum

Waucoba: A Paiute word for "pine t ree"; also highest peak in Inyo Mts., 11,121'

PANDORA MOTHTop Row: Jeffrey Pine Needle: Middle Row: (lef,t to right) Larva, fully grown; Larva ready topupate aftershedding i t s skin; Pupa; Lower Row: Adult female and male. All natural size .

. Jack Edell, Bishop, became interested in these moths when a large swarm of caterpil lars appeared in the Inyo Forest, near Crestview, June, 1979. The succession of their l i fe stages is i l lustrated above in photos taken from his collection of preserved materials he prepared from specimens he reared in a t e r r a r i u ~ . The caterpil lars are black and orange-yellow, their rings of black brist les are separated by smooth yellow-orange bands. Three days af ter he collected l ive caterpil lars ' a l l were buried beneath 2 inches of pumice sand covered with dry pine needles in the terrarium. In the forest, he dug and found cocoons about 2 inches below . the surface. ' He watched the caterpil lars dig into the soil rear-end f i rs t .In August, 1979, new needles were emerging from the terminal buds of the then defoliatedJeffrey pines and a ll caterpil lars in the area were underground.On July 4, 1980, two adult males emerged as moths in his terrarium; one lived for 9 days.In the forest, the f i rs t l ive adult moths appeared on July 15th. On July 9, 1980, adult mothswere laying bright green..:yellow eggs,each about the size of a grain of r ice. Many were laidalong pine needles. By mid-August, 1980, no l ive moths, no hatchling caterpil lars were found.By Sept. 2, 1980, many hatchlings (about 1/10 inch) were seen. Two days la ter hatchling caterpi l lars were eating pine needles in the forest and in the terrarium; some of the hatchlingsfrom a single clutch of eggs marched single-f i le along a pine needle, moving upward "l ike amoving black thread". By Sept. 30, 1980, hatchlings were more than 1/2 inch long.Robins ate both eggs and hatchlings; golden-mantled squirrels ate both pupae and adult moths.Jeffrey pine chipmunks ate pupa; another observer saw a Lodgepole pine chipmunk catch and eatan adult moth as i t fluttered near the base of a pine. (See WAUCOBA NEWS, Summer" Vol.!,1979 forrecord of these defoliating moths in the Crestview Area.) At this time of writing, Inyo Foresthas decided that for 1981 no extensive spraying program will be undertaken; research plots torecord additional movements of this species of moth may be set up for study.--Enid A. Larson, Big Pine, Ca.

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KEY TO THE SPECIES OF INYO-MONO PENSTEMONS by John Thomas Howell(See Waucoba News, Vol IV, 1979 for I ist of species)a. Anther-cells closed at their free ends, thus forming a tiny sa c . . ba. Anther-cells opening at their free ends, the cells completely spl i t open orth e part near the filament attachment remaining closed . . . . eb. Corolla bright red P. llridgesiib. Corolla bluish, purplish, or lavender . . cc. Stems nearly leafless, the leaves mostly basal, the blades roundish;staminode glabrous . . . . .c. Stems leafy, the leaves elongated. Corolla 2 cm. long or less; staminode glabrousd. Corolla more than 2 cm. long; staminode hairye. Anthers densely tomentose . .e. Anthers glabrous or nearly sof. Leaves toothed; corolla deep pink to purplish-redf. Leaves entire; corolla bluish-violet

P. caesius . d

P. laetus var. RoezliiE.. papillatus

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P. NewberryiP. Davidsonii

g. Base of filaments pubescent with coarse hairs; plants shrubby, woody abovethe base . . . . ......... . . . . . . . . . . . hg. Base of filaments glabrous or nearly so; plants mostly herbaceous, generallyno t woody above the base (o r subshrubby in E.. incertus &Grinnellii) . . . ih. Panicle narrow and subspicate; corolla dull yellowish or brownish, 1-1.5 cm.long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. Rothrockiih. Panicle open; corolla whitish, 1.5-2 cm. long P. breviflorusi . Corolla generally less than IS mm . long . . . . . ji . Corolla generally more than 15 mm. long (sometimes shorter inP. mono ens . . . . . . . . . 1j . Inflorescence glandular-hairy P. heterodoxusj . Inflorescence glabrous . . . . kk. Plants mostly 2-5 dm. ta l l ; staminode densely hairy P. Rydbergiik. Plants mostly less than 2 dm. ta l l ; staminode glabrous or sparselyhairy . . . . . . P1. Inflorescence glabrous or finely hairy, no t glandular m1. Inflorescence glandular (sparsely so in P. incertus) 0m. Corolla reddish-purple to rose-lavender; anther-cells completelydehiscent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. confususm. Corolla blue; anther-cells closed where they join nn. Calyx-lobes mostly 8-12 mm . long; staminode glabrous or rarely beardedP. speciosus ssp. Kennedyin. Calyx-lobes mostly 4-8 mm . long; staminode densely bearded near the tip . . .P. speciosus var. pi l i fero. Stems finely and densely hairy below th e inflorescence P. monoensiso. Stems glabrous below the inflorescence . . . . pp. Corolla rose-pink; plants herbaceous; leaves toothed P. floridusp. Corolla whitish, violet, or blue; plants subshrubby . qq. Leaves dentate, lanceolate to obovate; staminode exserted from corollaP. Grinnelliiq. Leaves entire, linear to narrowly lanceolate; staminode included withincoro l la . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... P. incertus