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the larvae start to feed. Head and collar dark brown, the head 

 being roughly corrugated. The first moult occurred on the 

 sixteenth of June, the larvae now being of a yellowish green 

 color, otherwise the same as before. June the twenty-fourth 

 the second moult occurred. Larvae are now of a grass green 

 color, and are sparsely covered with numerous dark colored 

 stiff hairs and also with numerous white spots, a greenish 

 dorsal line is also in evidence, along with a sub-dorsal line 

 of the same color. The head is light, or chestnut brown, with 

 the suture very distinct. July third, the third moult occurred. 

 The larvae are now of a darker green, and the anal shield 

 shows a pinkish tinge, otherwise same as before. On July the 

 thirteenth the larvae moulted for the fourth time. I noticed 

 no difference in the larvae since the third moult. July the 

 twenty-fourth the larva; went into the chrysalis state, first 

 forming a resting place in which to undergo this change 

 by drawing two or more blades of grass together. On August 

 the fourth a female butterfly emerged, the next day two males 

 made their appearance. This species is double-brooded in the 

 neighborhood of Philadelphia. 



3. Pamphila hobnmok, 



A description of the -egg and larval stages of this species 

 would be almost identical with that of P. zabnlon, so I omit 

 the description. However, some of my larvae went into the 

 chrysalis state after the fourth moult, while others passed a 

 fifth moult. The larvae when full grown are somewhat larger 

 than those of P. zabitlon, and somewhat darker. Have had 

 this species to hibernate over winter in the egg, larval and 

 chrysalis states. The species is double brooded in the vicinity 

 of Philadelphia. 



4. Pamphila metea. 



On the fifteenth of May, at Clementon, N. J., I secured sev- 

 eral females of this species. The eggs were laid on the seven- 

 teenth of May. The egg is of an opake color, and covered 

 with very fine reticulations ; the egg is nearly hemispherical in 

 shape, and has the apex slightly flattened. The eggs hatched 



