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like, in five longitudinal series on each side, pointed, and longer, 

 some much longer, than the segments, those of the upper and lateral 

 rows arcuate and bent forward at tip, the others straight. Mature 

 Caterpillar : Head with a pair of long diverging coronal spines of 

 uniform diameter but more or less enlarged at tip and with a few 

 scattered papilla-seated hairs. Body with long and slender mostly 

 pointed spines, when pointed terminating in a needle, their sides 

 furnished sparsely with sessile needles ; all ranged in three series 

 on the sides, the lowest infrastigmatal, besides a dorsal set. Feeds 

 on Acanthaceae. Chrysalis: Rather stout and well rounded; ab- 

 domen without ridges, the basal segments moderately short, the 

 third and fourth with several central conical spines, similar to the 

 pointed mesothoracic and frontal tubercles, those of the abdomen 

 sometimes obsolete; cremaster long and slender. 



SYNOPSIS OF OUR GENERA. 



Victorina. Butterfly : Last median branch of fore wings very strongly 



bowed at the base. Egg : . Caterpillar at birth : Trichomes relatively short. 



Mature Caterpillar : Coronal spines of head scarcely enlarged at tip. Chrysalis: 

 Third and fourth abdominal segments furnished with pointed spines. 



Anartia. Butterfly : Last median branch of fore wings normal. Egg : . 



Caterpillar at birth : Trichomes relatively long. Mature Caterpillar : Coronal 

 spines of head clubbed at tip. Chrysalis : Third and fourth abdominal segments 

 without raised spines, their place indicated by dark spots. 



Victorina Blanchard. 



Hutterfly : Antennal club relatively slender, about twice as 

 broad as the stalk. Second superior subcostal branch of fore wings 

 long, arising before the end of the cell; second inferior subcostal 

 branch gently bowed at the base; last median branch strongly 

 bowed at the base, in contrast to that of the hind wings ; tail of 

 hind wings longer than broad. Fore tarsi of male not half the 

 length of the tibia. Egg: See tribe; laid singly. Caterpillar at 

 birth: Trichomes shorter than in Anartia. Mature Caterpillar : 

 Coronal spines of head terminating in two or three tubercles 

 which slightly enlarge its diameter. Chrysalis : Frontal tubercles, 

 mesonotal tubercles, and those of third and fourth abdominal seg- 

 ments high, conical, and pointed, the last arranged in a transverse 

 row on each segment. (Victoria; — name given soon after the ac- 

 cession of Queen Victoria. ) 



Victorina Stelenes Linn. (Papilio lavinia Fabr. ; Nympha- 

 lis steneles God.) Butterfly: Upper surface of wings rich dark 



