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bent down the edges and bound them together for one half inch. Next 

 morning they all rested under their awnings, two under one, as at the first, 

 and had fed off the tip end of the leaf. Twenty-four hours later the two 

 larvse had left what remained of their leaf, now scarcely longer than them- 

 selves, and each had betaken itself to another leaf. I had to transfer 

 them to a larger plant, and next day found two under one leaf, again 

 brought together as before. The other was upon the upper side of its 

 leaf, and had closed that at the top. Still later this larva had drawn down 

 the top of the plant and was concealed very nearly as much as the larva 

 of Vanessa Atahwta is, which uses this same plant. Here it passed 4th 

 moult. So that these larvae can adapt themselves to circumstances, and 

 cover themselves on the upper as well as the lower side of the leaf, if 

 expedient. I noticed that at the older stages the ribs were not bitten, nor 

 were the edges of the leaf slit, the larvge being able to draw down the 

 edges without that aid. When lying under the shelter the larvae are at 

 the inmost part, and are coiled up much like figure 6. In nature I do not 

 remember to have found more than one caterpillar under one leaf. 



The nearest ally of G. Cottima is G. Satyrus Edw., a species common 

 in the Pacific States to Rocky Mts., and taken even in Ontario. Mr. T. 

 L. Mead captured two examples some years ago, north of London, Ont. 

 Satyrus is dimorphic, its other form being Marsyas Edw., and the larvae 

 remarkably resemble those of Comma in color and markings. So they 

 protect themselves in precisely same manner as do Comma larvae, and 

 these are the only two American species of Grapta which have that habit, 

 so far as known. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF LYCAENA, FROM 



NEWFOUNDLAND. 



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



LYCAENA ASTER. 



Male. — Expands i inch. 



Upper side purplish-blue, the costal margin of primaries silvery ; both 

 hind margins narrowly edged black ; secondaries have a marginal series 

 of black points or minute spots ; fringes white. 



Under side white ; primaries have the hind margin edged by a fuscous 

 line thickened at each nervule ) a submarginal row of rounded black 



