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wings gray, but with brown at the ends of the veins ; of hind wings 

 white, except those of the tail on the inner margin, which are black. 

 Underside of fore wings brown, the costa at base, the area between 

 the two bands, and the outer margin purplish fuscous. The spots are 

 enlarged, and are more confluent than above. The hind wings have 

 the same glaucous color all over their surface excepting the tail, the 

 anal two-thirds of the outer margin, and the 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 yellow scales. Palpi pale gray, 

 underneath almost white." 



Habitat, — Connecticut ; New York to Gulf of Mexico ; 

 Central America to Argentina ; Antilles. Mexico: Mazatlan, 

 Venta de Zopilote, Cuestade Misantla, Orizaba. Guatemala? 

 Chisoy and Polochic Valleys, vSan Geronimo, Duenas, Zapote. 

 Honduras : San Pedro. Costa Rica : Irazu, Cache. Indian 

 River, Fla. ; end of March (Palmer) Georgia, last of July 

 (Abbot). Three broods in Florida (Palmer). 



" The first brood comes out early in the Spring (in Florida) 

 and a succession of generations continue until stopped by 

 cool weather " (Quaintance). 



" Caterpillar. — Last stage. Head of liver color, on each side of the 

 ocelli a red spot ; mandibles black. Collar black, the first ring below 

 and on the sides of minium color. The general color of the body is 

 glaucous with little green spots and with black points on the superior 

 part of the stigmata which are dark orange-red. The dorsal line is 

 black, on the superior sides of the body is an orange longitudinal band, 

 becoming red behind, where the two are joined over the anal plate. 

 The horny legs are dark brown externally, the fleshy legs are orange 

 colored. Gundlach " (Scudder). 



" Chrysalis. — Dark brown according to Wittfeld ; when dried, fusco- 

 luteous beneath, above mahogany colored, more or less tinged with 

 luteo-olivaceous, shining throughout ; hairs of the head as well as the 

 scant hairs of the rest of the body luteous ; the bristles of the pro- 

 thoracic spiracles luteo-fuliginous ; the posterior lip of the spiracle 

 itself piceous ; mesothorax faintly striate in irregular, transverse, wavy, 

 somewhat tortuous, distant lines. Abdominal segments sparsely irre- 

 gularly, and rather finely punctuate, the punctures fuscous. Cremaster 

 dark fusco-castaneous. Length, 22.5 mm. ; width of head, 5.25 mm. ; 

 of mesothorax, 6.5 mm. ; of abdomen, 7.5 mm. ; length of cremaster, 

 2.25 mm. " (Scudder). 



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