58 BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 
The eggs are green, barrel-shaped, with nine 
vertical ribs, highest at the top. Duration of 
this stage, five days. 
The larva draws together the edges of a leaf, 
within which it remains and feeds until forced 
Fig. 20 Egg of to leave for another, which it draws together in 
Pyrameis atalanta. the same manner. The mature larva is nearly 
rio un inch and half long, of various tints, from 
yellowish green to violet, powdered with gray, and armed 
with spines arranged as in Vanessa. 
28. PYRAMEIS HUNTERA, F. 
Py-ra-meé'-is hun'-te-ra. 
Expanse of wings, from two and one-fourth to two and 
one-half inches. 
Upper side of wings, tawny, variegated and spotted with 
black and white. Hind wings, marbled and streaked, with 
two large eye-like spots near the outer margins. The spots: 
on the under side corresponding to these are black, with 
violet centers. 
This insect feeds on Gnaphalium polycephalum, drawing 
the leaves together into a rude case, within which it lives, 
feeding on the inner surface of the leaves, especially near the 
summit. The mature larva is one inch and a fifth long, with 
a black head. The body above is alternately banded with 
rich blackish purple and yellowish green. The purple bands 
occupy the middle portion of each segment, and on these 
arise transverse rows of black, branching spines, as follows: 
—four each on the third, fourth and last, and seven on each 
of those between. 
On each side of the back, from the sixth to the twelfth 
segments, inclusive, is a round, silvery white spot. 
