BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 5F 
spot on each side of it. Under side, dark brown, with wavy 
cross lines of darker color, and a band of a paler tint corres- 
ponding to that above. 
This species feeds on nettle, and is rather rare at this place. 
It hibernates in the perfect stage, emerging in the spring. 
The mature larva is a little more than an inch long, with a 
black head sprinkled with minute, whitish dots, from which 
spring pale hairs. The body is nearly black above, with 
small, white dots and pale hairs, which give it a grayish 
color. The spines are arranged as in V. antiopa, and are 
black and branching. <A greenish yellow, lateral line low on 
the side, above which is a broken line of a brighter orange 
yellow shade. 
Hibernated specimens of this butterfly are on the wing in 
the spring, and fresh specimens of the next brood are out in the 
last of July. 
27. PYRAMEIS ATALANTA, L. 
Py-ra-mé-is at-a-lan’-ta. 
Expanse of wings, two and a half to three inches. 
Upper side of wings, black, with an oblique, orange red 
band across the middle, and marked with six white spots 
towards the apex, the inner one of which is a broad, oblique 
dash on the costa. Hind wings, with an orange red band on 
the outer margin, on which is a row of black dots, the two 
nearest the anal angle having blue centers. Under side of 
fore wings, paler, especially so on the apex. 
Under side of hind wings, slightly marbled with gray, a 
whitish spot resting upon the middle of the costa. 
This species feeds on the nettle and hop. 
