HACKBERRY BUTTERFLIES. 



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genus Telenomus and described recently by Mr. Howard, in Mr. Scud- 

 der's Butterflies of New England, uuder the name Telenomus rUeyi. 

 Besides this egg-parasite 1 have reared from the pupa, Chalcis Jiavi- 



FiG. l^^.—Apatura clyton: g, larva, half grown, dorsal view ; 

 h, imago, male, underside— natural size; i,j, k, I, in, the iive 

 different heads of larva ; n, o, dorsal and lateral views of larval 

 joint ; p, egg— enlarged ; q, larvas as when hibernating — nat- 

 ural size. After Eiley. 



pes Fabr. and Pimpla annuUpes Brulle, while Limneria fugitiva Say 

 was reared from the larva by Mr. A. H. Mundt in Illinois, all recorded 

 in Mr. Scudder's work. 



3. The Interrogation Butterfly. 

 Grapta interrogaiionis Fabr. 



A spiny, reddish-browu caterpillar, more or less speckled with white, feeding on the 

 leaves in July. 



The very full life-history and bibliography of this species in Scudder's 

 recent elaborate work, "Butterflies of New England," leaves very little, 

 if anything, to be recorded. 



The species is by no means rare in Missouri, where it first came under 

 my observation, and while common on the Elm and Hop, is more rarely, 

 yet not infrequently, met with on the Hackberry, as I have frequently 

 observed it on this tree. 



The following facts are extracted from notes made in 1870 : 



The egg with its nine vertical ribs is at first dull bluish-green, after- 

 ward becoming grayish-green with silvery reflections. It is laid singly 

 or in chains, one above another, either on the upper or lower portion of 

 a leaf. 



The duration in the egg state is four days. Two eggs which I saw a 

 female lay on a leaf May 19, hatched May 23, and the spines on the 

 young larva could be distinctly discerned through the delicate egg-shell 

 before hatching. The length of the egg was .OS"""* ', width .7'"'". 



The fnll-grown caterpillar has the body black, covered with light yellow papilli- 

 form points, which are thickest and of a deeper yellow toward the head. It is also 



