74 BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 
an inch long, cylindrical, thickest in front, the last segment 
terminating in two round, tapering sharp tails which are 
green with red tips. 
Body, pale green with seven dark green longitudinal stripes, 
one along the middle of the back, and three on each side. 
Head nearly as before, light green with white papille, each 
sending out a blunt white hair. This occurs also on the 
surface of the body. After twenty-three days they molt 
a second time, being .3 of an inch long, and much as before. 
The whole surface is one shade of yellowish green, with 
a dark stripe along the back, and a yellow ridge over the 
feet. In fourteen days they molt the third time, after which 
they are .44 of an inch long, and nearly as before. Head 
emerald green. In fourteen days more they molt the fourth 
time, and in twenty-eight days change to a pupa. The 
mature larvee are a little over an inch long, largest in the mid- 
dle, and tapering each way, of a dull yellowish green color, 
with a darker shade on the sides, a dark green stripe along 
the middle of the back, and a yellow stripe or line over the 
feet, and some have a yellow line along the middle of 
the side. The last segment ends in two sharp, conical 
reddish tails. Head larger than the second segment, emerald 
green, and both head and body are covered with pale, 
conical papille from each of which arises a fine white hair. 
The pupa is .6 of an inch long, cylindrical, 
pale green, the abdomen evenly tapering; the 
wing-cases a little raised at the margins; a 
thin dorsal prominence with a depression be- 
=k eee hind it. Suspended by the tail only. 
Satyrus alope. The butterflies emerge in fourteen days. 
(nat. size.) 
