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finely specked with white ; marked by nine black stripes of irregular 

 length ; of these there is 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 the hind margin on ventral side of the 

 curved stripe ; two short parallel ventral stripes on antennae cases, a longer 

 one on ventral side between the wings ; besides these there is an imperfectly 

 colored narrow stripe on either side at posterior end ; top of head case 

 whitish with a dash of black below this on dorsal side. 



From buff larva : color pinkish-brown, no black stripes, but the curved 

 wing stripes appear in deeper brown, and along dorsal side of wing cases 

 the same. 



Another chrysalis from a buff larva was green, fully striped, but the 

 wing cases were buff. 



Another from buff larva was pinkish at first, with three darker stripes 

 on dorsum, one on middle below the excavation, one short one on either 

 side this, and all the stripes first described were also present, but were 

 faint brown ; this chrysalis in a day or two had changed to full green, with 

 the nine black stripes, but lost the three additional ones. 



Another was wholly green, no stripes at all. So that there is much 

 variation in the number of these stripes, as well as in color of the chry- 

 salis. Duration of this stage ii and 12 days. Result wholly form 

 Californicus Bd. 



Galactinus was described by Dr. Boisduval in 1852, together with 

 Californicus. Of the latter he merely says : " It is found here and there 

 in shaded places." Of the other : " Inhabits the mountains in the north, 

 and appears to be rare." The two forms, as is seen from what I have 

 stated above, are of one species, Galactinus being the winter, Californicus 

 the summer form. It appears to be a common species near San Fran- 

 cisco. On ist May, 1885, I received 13 eggs laid by Galactinus from 

 Prof J. J. Rivers, at Berkeley, and which were mailed 23rd April. Hatch- 

 ing began 5th May. On 7 th, I received another lot, which began to hatch 

 on 8th. By nth, all had hatched. On 17th May, the first moult was 

 passed by some of the larvae ; on 24th May, the second moult ; on 3rd 

 June, the third. The first pupation took place 15th June, and first but- 

 terfly came out 26th June. From laying of eggs to imago 65 days, the 

 egg stage being 13, larval 41, chrysalis 11. The growth was rapid for a 

 Satyrid, and in contrast with the tedious growth of Coen. Ochracea. The 



