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slowly. In their general appearance after the first stage — in shape ot 

 body and head, and the form of the second segment — and in their 

 habits, the larvae of some of the species resemble the larvae of Hesperidce. 

 closely, and there is a marked likeness between some of the Satyrid and 

 Hesperid chrysalids. The coloration in all the stages after hybernation in 

 nephele is that of the grass the larva feeds on, or very nearly, and the larvae, 

 although so slow in their motions, fall from the stems at the least alarm ; so 

 that they are sufficiently protected in their natural state against most 

 enemies. The resemblance between the larvae of nephele and sosybiiis is 

 very close indeed. So between the chrysalids, while geiiima, usually 

 grouped with sosybius, has quite a different caterpillar and chrysalis. 

 Eurytris is much like nephele, except in color. I will soon give full 

 descriptions of all these species in their early stages. 



EGG OF NEPHELE — Conoidal, somewhat flattened at base, trun- 

 cated at top, the sides rounded; about i8 vertical ridges, with rounded 

 excavations between, spring from the lower part of the side and run to 

 the edge of the top ; this last is rounded, and covered with shallow cells, 

 irregularly hexagonal around the outside, and in the middle long and 

 narrow about an oval central cell. Duration of this stage 28 days. 



YOUNG LARVA — Length one-tenth inch ; the anterior segments 

 thickest ; on each side are three rows of long white bristles, one row 

 being at the edge of dorsum, one on middle of the side, and one over the 

 feet ; these spring from very prominent papillae, and the effect is to make 

 the larva seem many sided ; the dorsal rows have one bristle on each of 

 segments 2, 3, 4, but two on each of the others to last, and these are all 

 curved back ; the second row has one to each segment and all are curved 

 forward except on two last segments ; the lower row has two to each, and 

 all are curved back ; color of body carnation ; there is a medio-dorsal 

 crimson line, and three such lines close together on the side ; head large, 

 one-half broader than 2, broader than high, sub-globose ; color light 

 yellow-brown, specked with brown, and sparsely pilose ; on some 

 examples there are cloudy brown patches over the upper part of the 

 face. Larvae hybernate at this stage. 



AFTER FIRST MOULT— Length .W inch. ; cylindrical, thickest 

 anteriorly ; the last segment terminating in two round, tapering and sharp 

 appendages or tails, which are green, red at tips ; these are not divergent 

 from a common base, but each starts from the extreme side, and the 

 interval between their bases is square ; color pale green, crossed longi- 



