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versa. Worthy of special mention are two males and a female, of the 

 red-legged C. spretus, with hind tibiae pale blue. As I found them all in 

 one locality, they were probably produced from one batch of eggs. C. 

 minor Scudd. has a red-legged variety here. Have taken many speci- 

 mens, but all were females. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF 

 NEONYMPHA EURYTRIS. 



BY W. H. EDWARDS, COALBURGH, W. VA. 



EGG — Sub-globose, well rounded in every part, but somewhat broadest 

 below the middle ; wholly covered by fine, irregularly hexagonal reticu- 

 lations, scarcely raised above the surface ; color yellow-green. Duration 

 of this stage 8 days. 



YOUlVG LARVA— Length .08 inch ; cylindrical, thickest in middle, 

 tapering pretty evenly either way, the last segment ending in two short 

 tails ; body covered with fine white hairs, slightly recurved ; color pink- 

 white, marked longitudinally by seven crimson lines, one of which is 

 medio-dorsal, and three on either side ; head sub-globose, nearly twice as 

 broad as any body segment, flattened frontally, depressed slightly at top, 

 and with a small conical process upon each vertex ; color dark brown. 

 To next stage 7 days. 



AFTER FIRST MOULT— Length .16 inch. Body flat at base, 

 rounded dorsally, and arched in middle segments, the sides sloping ; the 

 tails short, conical ; color drab, either of a green or red tint, individuals 

 varying; striped longitudinally with dull red, there being a narrow medio- 

 dorsal stripe of this color, and two others on middle of each side ; the 

 whole surface finely but roughly tuberculated, the tubercles being irregular 

 in size and length, sharp, and each emitting a short hair ; colored also 

 according to the ground they occupy ; head sub-pyriform, flattened front- 

 ally, truncated at summit, and on each vertex a small rounded red 

 process ; color of head yellowish, finely mottled with red. Duration of 

 this stage 6 days. 



