THECLA 11. 



Strigosa has also been taken in Massachusetts ; at Thornton, Xew Hampshire ; 

 and at Coalburgh, W. Ya., Init seems to be rarer than most species of the genus. 



The plant represented in the plate is Silcne Virginica, and is not uncommon 

 among the mountains of West Virginia, flowering in May. 



The larva of this species is thus described by Mr. Wm. Saundei's. 



"Taken when bush-beating, June 13th, 186G (London, Ontario,) ujMjn a spe- 

 cies of C'raticgus. 



Length one-half inch. Head greenish-brown. Body flattened, sloping ab- 

 rui)tly at indcc ; color velvet-green, with a deeper colored dorsal stripe ; anterior 

 edge of second segment yellowish-brown with a few darker dots; middle segment 

 laterally striped with two or three faint yellow obli([ue lines ; the last two segments 

 have each a lateral yellow jJatch ; from the fifth to terminal a faint yellow basal line ; 

 under surface bluish-green. 



Changed to chrysalis June 19th. 



Length of pupa .37. Form nearly oval ; head-case rounded ; body dark red- 

 dish-brown with black markings, and thickly covered with fine hairs ; anterior 

 segments with many black j)atches ; a dark ventral line from 6tli to 12th segment." 



