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subdorsal rows of spines, shining black, except at base, which is rufous, 

 with long branches — those of the anterior segments more numerously 

 branched than the others, and having each point tipped with a seta ; 

 the super- and sub-stigmatal rows, rufous, tipped with black. 



Chrt/salis, one inch long — of a beautiful green, delicately reticulated 

 under a lens — with six golden dorsal spots ; head-case, with conical 

 beaks, less projecting and acute than in comma ; thoracic projection 

 elevated in a compressed, slightly recurved beak, similar to comma, and 

 tipped with black anteriorly ; dorsal spines, prominent — the superior 

 one, about double the size of the others ; wing cases, moderately de- 

 pressed — the humeral projections prominent — that near hind margins 

 on sixth segment, moderate ; stigmata brown, with a brown spot beneath, 

 centrally on the segment ; terminal spine broad, flat, deeply excavated 

 beneath, and bordered with brown. 



I have taken the larva but once. When captured, it was fully ma- 

 tured, and crawling rapidly over the ground of a dense grove of varied 

 timber, and I am therefore unable to give its food-plant. It changed 

 to a chrysalis the 27th of June, and emerged after thirteen days. 



The spinous head of the larva justifies its removal to the genus 

 where I now place it, and where the silver character of the posterior 

 wings naturally locates it. Its marginal series of crescents of green 

 scales beneath (connected here in a band), the inner row of minute black 

 dots, and the dentated markings of the basal region — are well known 

 characteristics of the Glraptas; while the contracted silver marking, re- 

 duced frequently to a mere dash, the wings less emarginate, and palpi 

 more hairy, — show it to be the nearest allied of its genus, to Vanessa. 



The hufterjii/ is quite rare. It hybernates, and is occasionally found, 

 in the winter season, within old buildings, where it had taken shelter. 

 The first warm days of March draw it from its retreat. In September 

 a second brood appears, a portion of which pass the winter in chrysalis. 



Vanessa antiopa, Linn. 

 Larva^ two inches long ; velvety black, with whitish dots in trans- 

 verse bands, from which proceed short whitish hairs ; vascular line, 

 black, interrupted by eight or nine red spots, usually of a triangular 

 form, having a spine at the apex, and one (subdorsal) in each side. 

 Head, somewhat cordate, black, with a few small shining black tuber- 

 cles, and whitish hairs. Abdominal spines, long, black, with a few 



