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REMKDiKh;. — t^pvay thoroughly with No. 5 or 7; or No. ()4, 

 whic'li is preferable. Read No. lOfi carefully. 



CHAPTER CLXXX. 



The Semicolon Butterfly. (Cal.) 



( Grapta inter rogatlonis. — Fal)ricius.) 



Order, Lepidoptera ; Family, Nymphalid.e. 



[Feeding upon the leaves of the hopvine ; a l)rowish cater-' 

 pillar, mottled with yelloAV and covered with red or light col- 

 ored spines tipped with black, or the spines wholly black.] 



The fully grown caterpillar is about one inch and six lines 

 long ; the head is reddish-brown, thinly covered with small 

 prickles, and on the top are two branching spines. When 

 about to pupate, it suspends itself by the liind feet. 



The chrysalis is ashy-brown, and the head is surmounted 

 with two projections resembling ears ; on the back of the tho- 

 rax is a nose-like prominence, and on the l)ack are a number 

 of silvery spots. s 



Fig. 255. 



Fig. 2.55. — Semicolon Butterfly — colors, reddish-brown and 

 black. 



The butterfly (Fig. 255) which issues from this chrysalis has 

 the outer margin of all the wings notched ; they are of a red- 

 dish-brown color, marked with black and dark l;)rown spots, 

 and with an outer brown border ; in some the greater part of 



