812 THE BUTTERFLIES OF MEW ENGLAND. 



cUges. Before the end of this stage short, pale green, oblique bars, oceupying each a 

 segment, begin to show faintly as markings on the more pallid surface, and a more 

 distinctly green dorsal stripe begins to appear. Papillae white, conical, elevated, pale 

 brown witli a dark brown apex. Hairs tapering minutely and very spiculiferous, 

 white or pellucid. Lenticles hemispherical, white, ringed with brown. Prolegs 

 color of body, legs slightly infuscated, especially toward the tip. Length, 1.5 

 mm. ; breadth, .4 mm. 



Second stage. Head shining pale greenish testaceous, heavily and Ijroadly infuscated 

 below; beneath this pallid, tlie labruni .again infuscated. Body pea green, with pale, 

 slender, dorsal, laterodorsnl and ventrostigmatal stripes and. running from above 

 backward and downward parallel to each other, similar oblique bars, connecting the 

 longitudinal stripes, each crossing the whole of two segments, scarcely interrupted at 

 the sutures. Moderately long, backward curving, very pale brown, spiculiferous hairs 

 in the laterodorsal region, three or four on each segment on either side and similar 

 long curving bail's in the ventrostigmatal region, besides very sparsely scattered, 

 shorter, spiculiferous hairs over the whole body; the longer ones seated on stellate 

 papillae; skin punctulate like a thimble-head, very closely resemoling the surface of 

 the cherry leaf. Beneath pallid. Length, 3.5 mm. ; breadth, .9 mm. 



A specimen apparently in this stage was descriljed by Mr. Saunders as having a 

 browMiish black head, a dull rosy red body of a brighter tint, with the edges of the 

 dorsal crest paler. 



Fourth stage. Head shining black, with a pale stripe across the lower margin of the 

 front; mandibles black. Body above green along the middle segments, deep rose 

 color .at each extremity, thickly covered with short brown hairs; the first thoracic 

 segment rosy above, greenish yellow at the sides and as an edging in front; .second 

 thoracic segment entirely rose colored ; beyond this a wide dorsal stripe of rose, 

 reduced almost to a line on the second and third abdominal segments, widest on the 

 last tlioracic and first, fourth and fifth abdominal segments, and terminating on the 

 sixth; on this segment the green encroaches on the rose color on the sides of the 

 body and behind it the body is rose color with a darker dorsal streak ; a substigmatal 

 rosy line along the fold. Under surface dull green with a yellowish tint ; legs and 

 prolegs yellowish green. Length, 10 mm. (After Saunders.) 



Last stage (75 : 35). Head shining black, with a dull white streak across the lower 

 margin of the front; mandibles reddish brown. Body alMve dull green with a yellow- 

 ish tint especially anteriorly ; a dorsal dark green stripe on thoracic segments ; a patch 

 of dull pink or rose color on the thor.acic segments, faint on the first and covering but 

 a small part of its upper surface, nearly covering the dorsal area on second, and on 

 third reduced again to a small faiut patch ; posteriorly a much larger rosy patch from 

 the fifth abdominal segment posteriorly ; on the fifth it merely tinges the hinder part 

 of the segment, on the next it is enlarged to a considerable patch widening posteriorly, 

 and behind this the whole upper surface of the body is rosy red ; the substigmatal 

 fold is also rosy on the fifth and sixth abdominal segments. Under surface yellowish 

 green, with a few very fine brownish hair.s. Above covered also with very short 

 brown hairs arising from minute, pale yellowish jjapillae. Legs and prolegs transpar- 

 ent green. Length, 18 mm. ; breadth, 5 mm. (After Saunders.) 



Chrysalis (84: 37). Pale brown and glossy with many small dark brown or 

 blackish dots distributed over tlie whole surface, more abundant along the middle 

 above, appearing as a faint, imperfect stripe from the third to the seventh abdominal 

 segments; surface thickly covered with very short brown hairs. Length, 11.5 mm.; 

 width. 5 mm. (After Saimders.) 



Distribution (23 : 1 ) . Tliis butterfly is found over a wide extent of 

 country, crossing the continent in a broad belt which includes most of the 

 United States. Tlie southernmost localities from which it has been re- 

 ported are Georgia "very rare" (Abbot), Alabama (Gosse), Missouri 



