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might be. I found the change passed, and the beautiful chrysalis formed, the 

 sense of relief was o-reat. It was the single outcome from at least three hundred 

 e^o-s, and I had watched over it in one stage or other almost daily for thirty- 

 eight weeks. 



From this chrysalis a female emerged twenty-four days later, nearly forty-one 

 weeks from the laying of the egg. As the several stages of these larvfe were 

 reached, they were forwarded to Miss Peart, in Philadelphia, for their portraits, 

 which in every instance are drawn from life, and fortunately none were lost or 

 injured on their travels. 



In the fall of 1874, I again obtained eggs of Ci/hele, and profiting by experi- 

 ence, confined the young larva? within cylinders of fine wire set over the plants 

 and deep enough in the earth to prevent escapes. And I found no difficulty, 

 after the larvte began to feed, in rearing them, l)ringing seven to the imago. 

 Fresh air and moisture is what these larvae of Argynnis require, and I have no 

 doubt now that I can successfully raise any species of this genus. 



Three years ago, I received from Mr. Wm. Saunders, a few half-grown larvte 

 of Cybele, taken near London, Canada. They were found by him in the Spring, 

 in swampy ground, hiding by day in holes made by the feet of cattle, and were 

 concealed also by dead leaves which more or less filled the holes. These larvse 

 matured in my possession. Mr. Saunders also found chrysalids of the same 

 species suspended on the under side of pieces of bark near this swampy ground, 

 and by scattei'ing bark about, and frequently examining it, he obtained several 

 chrysalids. In the same sort of hiding place, Mr. Mead found the chrysalis of A. 

 Atlantis, at Hunter, N. Y., in spring of 1873. 



