NEONYMPHA II. 



times partly brown ; one example had one cheek brown, the other green. (Figs. 

 d, (P.) To next moult about seven days. 



After third moult : length .7 inch ; color yellow-green. (Figs, e, e".) In all 

 examples bred by myself this was the closing stage. But Mrs. Peart carried one 

 larva to fourth moult, the length then .96 inch. (Fig. /.) 



Mature Larva (whether after third or fourth moult). — Length 1.1 to 1.3 

 inch ; slender, the dorsum well arched, the slope either way from middle equal ; 

 tails slender, conical, divergent ; color yellow-green ; the surface covered with 

 fine sharp tubercles, most dense in certain longitudinal rows, one of which is on 

 either side of the mid-dorsal dark green stripe, one sub-dorsal running from head 

 to end of tail, two on the side, and a broad one along base ; tails reddish ; under 

 side, feet and legs green ; head obovoidal, truncated, the top depressed angularly; 

 on each vertex a small conical process about the slope of which are several 

 minute tubercles, each giving a short bristle ; surface rough with fine green 

 tubercles among which are scattered a few white ; ocelli emerald-green. (Figs. 

 g to g*.) The attitude in suspension is that of figure 6, quite unlike that of 

 N. Gemma, before described. 



Chrysalis. — Length <f .48 inch, breadth at both mesonotum and abdomen .18 

 inch; ? (probably) .54 inch, breadth .2 inch ; cylindrical, abdomen conical ; the 

 wing cases a little raised on dorsal side ; head case very short, scarcely projecting 

 beyond mesonotum, bevelled transversely to a sharp edge, roundly excavated at 

 the sides, the top very little incurved ; mesonotum rounded, carinated, the sides 

 flat or a little excavated ; color green, the edges of carina, wing cases and top of 

 head cream color ; surface much covered with dots and small patches of whitish, 

 not distinct enough to affect the general green hue. Duration of this stage 

 about ten days, in summer. The late larvse doubtless hibernate when half grown. 



Areolatus, so far as at present known, is restricted to the Gulf States, and 

 part of Tennessee, and to the southern Atlantic States. A few examples have 

 been taken as far north as Atlantic City, New Jersey. Mr. E. M. Aaron has 

 found the species among the mountains of east Tennessee, and probably it would 

 fly in west Noi'th Carolina also. It is difficult to get information about the lo- 

 calities of butterflies from the southern States, so few persons are interested in 

 such matters. Its habits are similar to those of its near ally, Gemma. I have 

 never seen it on the wing. 



I have had greater difficulty in bringing larvfe of Areolatus to pupation than 

 almost any species of the genus I have experimented with. For several years I 



