NYMPIIALINAE: JUNONIA COENIA. 



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middle third of tlic cell and in two small, tapering stripes depending from the costal 

 border, one at about midway between the l)ase and the extra-mesial thread, and the 

 other, which sometimes almost crosses the wing, midway between the first and the lat- 

 ter; at about an interspace's distance from the outer border, but approaching neai-er 

 to it at the extremities, and especially next the anal angle, is a regular, transverse, 

 crenulate thread, still of the same color, but often infuscated, the crenulations open- 

 ing inward in the interspaces ; between this and the extra-mesial thread the wing is 

 often a little deeper in tint than elsewhere, even when the transverse band which gen- 

 erally occupies a portion of it is not present at all ; and outside of it the wing is 

 paler, a tint which sometimes reaches, with the exception of this thread, to the ti'ans- 

 verse band ; the outer edge of the wing is also ferruginous; fringe genei'ally paler 

 than on the fore wings, especially on the upper half of the wing. 



Abdomen above black, covered at base by long, fulvo-olivaceous hairs and on the 

 upper portion of the sides, especially on the apical half , by a few orange scales ; beneath, 

 of the color of the under surface of the wings. Appendages of male (33 : 30) : upper 

 organ with the sides of the base of the hook so stronglj' compressed that a deep trian- 

 gular hollowing occurs above at the base; apical two-flfths stronglj' curved downwards, 

 almost at a right angle, slightly tapering as viewed from the side and a little excised 

 beneath next the pointed tip. Clasps very tliin, excepting above, broader apically than 

 basally, the posterior edge slightly convex, the superior blade nearly straight, tapering 

 but slightly, rounded at the extreniit_y, both upper and under edges strongly incurved, 

 just before the extremity furnislied on the inner side with a recurved, depressed, 

 pointed, falciform tooth and a few downAvard incurved prickles. Interior finger hidden 

 by the sheath of the blade, scarcely reaching its tip. 



Measurements in millimetres. 

 Length of tongue, 10.5 mm. 



Length of fore wing 



antennae 



hind tibiae and tarsi, 

 fore tibiae and tarsi. 



MALES. 



Smallest. Average. Larsjest 



19.5 

 9.5 

 6.5 



1.8 



2i.5 

 12. 



2.2 



2 (..3 



13..35 



8.75 

 2.3 



FEMALES. 



Smallest. I Average. Largest 



7.25 



5.2 



2.25 



28 

 13. 



9.4 



3. 



30.5 

 13.75 

 10. 

 3.25 



Described from more than 30 specimens. 



Egg (64: U). Dark green, gleaming; vertical ribs ten in number, strongly com- 

 pressed, laminate, not very high, increasing slightly in height toward the summit; 

 cross lines very slight and faint and frequent, crossing also the vertical ribs. Height, 

 .56 ram.; l^readth, .64 mm.; greatest distance apart of vertical ribs, .16 mm. De- 

 scribed from Florida specimens in glycerine; the height may be too small for nature. 



Caterpillar. First stage. Head black ; body dark gi-aj'. 



Second stage. Head piceous, the summit of each hemisphere slightly produced to a 

 blunt cone, and all furnished with many very long, black hairs arising from papillae of 

 same color. Body dai'k gray with sordid white "subdorsal" (Kiley) and stigraatal 

 stripes, the tubercles distinctly tapering, almost or quite as high as the length of the 

 segments, yellow luteous, with a preapical fringe of blackthorns, a few basal ones and 

 a longer arcuate apical thorn fully as long as the tubercles. Length, 3.5 mm. 



Third stage. Head as before but the hemispheres with a distinct tubercle. Bodj' 

 dark brown, the tubercles scarcely tapering, luteo-fuscous, those of the thoi'acic seg- 

 ments distinctly longer than the others , the apical needles slightly shorter than the 

 tubercles. Length, 5.5 mm. 



The above are described from glycerine with some additions from notes by C. V. 

 Riley and W. Wittfeld. The remainder from blown specimens with similar aid. 



Fourth stage. Head (78 : 64) with coronal tubei'cles black, the papillae luteous or 

 vino-luteous, the hairs black; triangle yellow or orange, infuscated at base. Body 

 lirownish, the tubercles blackish fuscous, the apical needle hardly more than half as 

 long as the tubercle. Length, 13 mm. 



Fifth stage. Head (78 : 65) much as in the last, its posterior aspect ferruginous. 

 Body brownish black in general tone, made up of a velvety black base heavily mot- 



