378 ^^^ BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



of the line, the fourth often divided in the middle into 

 two spots. 



Hind wings without spots, the anal angle produced 

 into a tail .5 of an inch long, outer margin dentate. 

 Fringes of fore wings gray, cut with brown at the ends 

 of tlie veins ; of hind wings white, except those of the 

 tail on the inner margin, which are black. 



Under side of fore wings brown, the costa at base, the 

 area between the two bands, and the outer margin pur- 

 plish glaucous. The spots are enlarged, and are more 

 confluent than above. The hind wings have the same 

 glaucous color all over their surface except the tail, the 

 anal two-thirds of the outer margin, and two bands 

 through the wings, which are olive-brown, the tail almost 

 black. The inner of these two bands reaches only to 

 the subcostal vein, and above that and a little to each 

 side are two black patches. The whole surface is 

 sprinkled over with a few whitish and yellowish scales. 

 Palpi pale gray, underneath almost white. 



The mature larva is 1.5 inches long, fusiform, a fine 

 dark dorsal line, a bright yellow subdorsal band, which 

 is dilated on the twelfth segment, and a pale green line 

 along the base of the body. The dorsal space, between 

 the bands, is gray dotted with black and yellowish ar- 

 ranged in transverse lines. The sides are gray, with the 

 upper half dotted with black. Collar lustrous black; 

 anal plate yellow, greenish in the middle. Under side 

 pale green, legs black, prolegs yellow. Head large, 

 rounds brown, pubescent, slightly depressed at top; a 

 yellow spot on each side of the mouth, narrowing up- 

 ward, and fading into the light brown of the upper 

 part of the face. 



