THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



it is abundant in Missouri, and often proves exceedingly injurious, some- 

 times destroying in a single district thousands of dollars worth of cabbages. 

 The caterpillar, when full grown (figure 3, a), is about an inch and a 



quarter long, of a bluish-green 

 color, with four longitudinal 

 yellow stripes and many black 

 dots ; when first hatched it is 

 of an orange color with a black 

 head. The chrysalis, shown 

 at b in the figure, is about 

 seven-tenths of an inch long, 

 of a light bluish-grey color 

 Pig_ 3. speckled with black, with the 



ridges and prominences edged with buff or flesh-color, and having larger 

 black dots. 



The insect hybernates in the chrysalis state, and where common may 

 be found on the wing during the months of July, August and September. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF N. AMERICAN 



BUTTERFLIES. 



by w. h. edwards, coalburgh, w. va. 



Chionobas Varuna. 



Male. — Expands r.6 to 1.75 inch. 



Upper side brown, individuals varying from yellow to red and black- 

 brown, but in the examples under view red predominates ; costal edge of 

 primaries dark brown, next base dusted with white ; apex and hind margin 

 edged with dark brown, which fades insensibly into the ground color ; 

 beyond the disk, one to four small black ocelli ; where one only is present, 

 it is on the upper discoidal interspace ; where two, the second is on lower 

 median interspace ; where all are present, the two extreme are large and 

 about equal in size, the interior pair minute. 



Secondaries have a narrow brown border, clearly defined on inner 

 side j all the nervures and branches edged with dark scales ; the ocelli 



