96 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



joint 4 had a large suboval black ocellus in a narrow 

 yellow ring. Now the front part of ocellus is velvety 

 black, but ])ack of this it is vitreous black. 



After three days it moults the third time. The length 

 is .8 of an inch, color about the same, the anterior seg- 

 ments a little darker, their surfaces finely and thickly 

 but indistinctly dotted green ; the middle segments 

 lighter-colored and distinctly dotted green ; the side- 

 bands salmon color ; the last segments a redder salmon ; 

 13 white above base at extremity ; along base of body, 

 with a little above spiracles, a Avhite macular band ; on 

 dorsum of 13 are two small conical white processes ; on 

 dorsum of 5 are two abbreviated bars of red lilac, one 

 on each side in the subdorsal row, and on 6 to 10 is a 

 small rounded lilac spot on each in same row ; on side 

 of 8 to 10 one similar spot to each ; below the basal 

 ridge is a small indistinct blue-lilac sj)ot on each segment 

 from 6 to 11 ; ocellus as before ; the buff ring now open 

 on anterior side ; head greenish yellow. 



In four days more it moults the last time, taking nine 

 days from this to reach maturity. The mature larva is 

 1.6 inches long; cylindrical, shaped as during the pre- 

 ceding stages. Color dull velvety green on joints 3, 4, 

 5, and on 12, 13, nearly solid, but a little specked with 

 lighter green ; the other segments light and dark green 

 in fine markings ; the basal ridge whitish green ; under 

 this is a fine black line from 3 to 12, and on 6 to 11 is a 

 subtriangular blue spot in black edging on each segment 

 just below the line; 2 has a narrow yellow ridge in 

 front, nearly flat on top, the curves rounded ; on anterior 

 side of this and next it is a black subdorsal dash on 

 each side ; behind the ridge is a black rough band ; 



