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which is h'ght yellow ; ends of tails pink ; under side, feet and legs green ; 

 head sub-globose, depressed at top, the surface much covered with white 

 tubercles and hairs ; color green. Duration of this stage about 1 1 days. 



After Second Moult. — Length, at 24 hours, .3 inch ; shape as before ; 

 , color more green than yellow ; dotted as before with white tubercles ; 

 tails rough with tuberculations, reddish ; stripes as at last previous stage, 

 the two lateral less distinct ; the basal ridge yellow ; head emerald, tuber- 

 cles as before. To next moult 6 days. 



After Third Moult. — Length at 24 hours, .42 inch ; in six days, one 

 larva of the brood was full grown. 



Mature Larva. — Length .7 inch ; cylindrical, a little thickest anter- 

 iorly, dorsum and sides sloping very gradually, the former to 10 and then 

 rounding to 13, ending in two conical, short, stout tails, which meet at 

 base, and are rough with tuberculations ; whole surface covered thickly 

 with fine rounded white tubercles, each of which gives out a fine short 

 hair, making a downy coating ; these hairs are clubbed, or tapering, or 

 cylindrical ; color dark green, the sides yellow-green ; the tails reddish ; a 

 mid-dorsal darker green stripe ; on the sides traces of two stripes (the 

 sub-dorsal having disappeared) ; the basal ridge hght yellow ; under side, 

 feet and legs green ; head broader than 2, sub-globose, a little depressed, 

 beset with white tubercles and hairs, the surface finely granulated ; color 

 yellow-green, the principal ocellus emerald in brown ring. From third 

 moult to pupation 10 days. 



After Fourth Moult, after hibernation. — Length .49 inch ; not differing 

 in color or markings from third summer moult. 



Chrysalis. — Length .4 inch ; greatest breadth, at mesonotum, .12, at 

 abdomen, .14 inch; shape of Galactitius ; cylindrical, stout, the upper 

 end truncated, the abdomen swollen, conical at extremity ; head case nar- 

 row, ending in a sharp cross ridge which is a little arched, the sides exca- 

 vated roundly ; mesonotum prominent, arched, the carina rounded trans- 

 versely, the sides slightly convex, followed by a shallow depression ; color 

 delicate green : marked by nine black stripes placed as in Galactinus ; of 

 these, one on dorsal edge of each wing case from base to inner angle of 

 wing ; a curved stripe on middle of each wing reaching the hind margin ; 

 a short stripe on same margin on ventral side of the curved one ; two 

 short stripes on the antennae cases ; besides these, there is a black mark 

 on either side of 1 3 ; top of head case whitish. Duration of this stage 



