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femora, except the apex, black ; apical third of the first abdominal seg- 

 ment and the apical three-fourths of the second segment reddish in the 

 female, but black in the male. Style one and a-fourth times as long as 

 the third antennal joint. Wings smoky brown, lighter on the base as far 

 as the furcation of the second and third veins ; a lighter transverse shade 

 passes through the middle of the discal cell. Front metatarsi of the 

 male densely covered with appressed white hairs above. Length, 13 to 

 16 mm. Texas. A single male and female received from the late H. K. 

 Morrison. 



THE LARVA AND CHRYSALIS OF CHRYSOPHANUS DIONE. 



Some time ago Mr. Henry G. Willard, of Grinned, Iowa, very kindly 

 sent me some of the full grown larvaa of this species. I made a few 

 notes at the time which may be of use, owing to the fact that nothing has 

 been published in regard to the early stages of this butterfly. The food 

 plant at the home of the insect is Rumex longifolius, but they readily ate 

 our common species of dock found here. The full grown larva were 

 onisciform in shape, grass greenin colour, and 20 mm. in length. Most 

 of them had a narrow, claret-coloured dorsal stripe, and the entire body, 

 under a glass, was seen to be clothed with minute black hairs. The larva 

 is of the same general appearance as that of Chrysophanus hypophleas, 

 but larger. The chrysalis is the same shape as most others in the 

 Lycrenidae, and looks very much like Scudder's figure of the chrysalis of 

 E. thoe. In colour the chrysalis is a light hay colour, and the dorsal 

 abdominal segments are heavily marked with blackish blotches. The 

 dorsal thoracic segments are peppered with black spots. The wing 

 covers are lightest in colour of any part, but are also peppered with the 

 fine black points. The head, eyes and shoulder-joints are covered with 

 black blotches. One chrysalis, which I think was entirely green and with, 

 out the black markings, disclosed a C. thoe, but I did not notice any 

 difference in the larva I had, so I conclude the larvae of the two species 

 look very much alike. Mr. Willard could perhaps give us something 

 interesting about the times of appearance and habits of this butterfly, as 

 it is common in his locality. 



Henry Skinner, M.D., Philadelphia. 



