14-iO THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



month parts and ocelli black ; the first joint of antennae pale, the others dark red, the 

 bristle very long and hyaline. First thoracic seyment black, below on the sides reddish, 

 in front edged with red or orange merging into the black, covered, as is the rest of the 

 body, with small, short, rather stout bristles, liody behind this rather dark green 

 ■with three stripes : a narrow, dark brownish green, interrupted, dorsal stripe, a similar 

 lateral stripe of a dull salmon or tlesh color, and along the basal fold an iufrastigmatal 

 band similar to the last but paler and indi.stinct anteriorly; between the two lower 

 strii)es the body is profusely spotted with more or less raised papillae of a pale salmon 

 color, the larger and higher distinct, tlie others less so, each bearing a hair similar to 

 those on tlie head ; marked also with a good many clustered, raised, black points between 

 the wartlets, very abundant on the terminal segments ; on the dorsal portion of the 

 body the colors and marking are similar, but the salmon colored warts are more dis- 

 tinctly and highly colored, infringe more upon the dark green (which itself is hardly 

 so dark) and are surmounted, as sometimes below, with a white or pellucid centre 

 from which arises a white or pale brown bristle; on the terminal segments these bris- 

 tles are nearly all dark brown and the black points are ratlier less profuse. Raised 

 border of the spiracles black, the inner edge pale brown, outside a little paler. Basal 

 joint of the Hrst thoracic legs pale or colorless, the rest black edged, especially in- 

 teriorly, with pale: claw l)lackish; other thoracic legs pale dirty yellowish; the last 

 joint a little fuscous ; claw blackish. Prolegs pale brownish yellow with an olivaceous, 

 tinge like the under side of the body ; claws castaneous. Length, 28 mm.; breadth. 

 5 mm. ; breadth of head, 4.1 mm. 



Chrysalis (85 : 28). Colors almost entirely black and fusco-luteous or olivaceo- 

 livid. Head black, considerably mottled above with pale reddish luteous, with numerous 

 short, curving, vinous hairs, clustered on the black spots, especially on the eyes, the 

 mandibles and the extreme front : tongue at base luteous. edged broadly with black, 

 just beyond l)lack. transversely ridged with luteous, apical half fuscous; antennae 

 blackish fuscous, transversely marked with luteous. Prothorax like the head; protho- 

 racic stigmata velvety black. Thorax above luteous marked with blackish dots and 

 curving streaks formed of collected dots, each giving rise to a lustrous, pale, vinous 

 hair, the streaks more abundant along the sides of the hinder edge of the mesonotum 

 and just behind the middle of the same portion; wings fusco-luteous, marked with 

 frequent, slender, transverse, irregular streaks of blackish fuscous, mainly following 

 the veins. Legs like the antennae. Abdomen sparsely haired ; four basal joints pale, 

 bespecked with black, the specks ou the middle and posterior half mingled into trans- 

 verse, partially associated patches ; the concealable parts of the following segments 

 arc pale, unspecked ; the other jiarts black, above dotted in a transverse row with 

 luteous. Baseof cremasterlilack above ; the rest very dark mahoganj'; hooks castaneous. 

 Sjiiracles reddish luteous in the centre edged with a rim of black. Length (including 

 cremaster), 19.5 mm. ; height at first abdominal segment. C mm. ; breadth at third ab- 

 dominal segment, 6.25 mm. ; length of cremaster. 1.75 mm. 



Distribution (27: >i). This butterfly has a very wiJe distribution 

 throuohout the entire United States, thouuh it is not found in the Rockv 

 ISIountaiu region, nor has it been registered within our territory upon the 

 Pacific coast north of central California. In the east it is apparently most 

 abundant in the Alleghanian fauna east of the AUeghanies, but it extends 

 northward far beyond its limits, having been found from Quebec, where it 

 is nmiierous (Bowles), to Montreal "common" (Caulfield, Saunders), 

 Ottawa (Billings, Fletcher), the Adirondacks of New York (Hill), Lon- 

 don, Ont., " occasional "" ( Saunders), and southern Michigan ■ " not com- 

 mon " (Harrington). Further west it has been rarely found, single 

 specimens only being recorded from Iowa (Parker) and Illinois (Allen), 



