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Schi. Ipom(B(B. Alis anticis femigineo-fuscis cinereo irroratis, fas- 

 cia media indistincta cinerea, stigmate cinereo ferrugineo pupil- 

 lato, neuris apicem versus nigris. (Alar. lat. 1*6 unc.) 



Antennae, palpi, head, thorax and abdomen brown, thorax slightly 

 tinged with Acinous and towards the sides with fuscous. 



Anterior wings of a somewhat vinous brown, sprinkled with ash- 

 coloured scales, which, near the middle of the wing, predominate so 

 as to give the appearance of an ash-coloured fascia : near the base is 

 a sub-quadrate patch of a darker brown, and before the middle a slen- 

 der, waved, dusky striga, edged internally with whitish ash-colour. — 

 The stigma is pale, surrounded by a fuscous-brown cloud and pupilled 

 with ferruginous : on the margin of the wing, between the extremities 

 of the nervures, is a series of small whitish dots, preceded by a short 

 black line not very distinct : nervures, especially towards their extre- 

 mities, black. 



Posterior wings silvery white, nervures and anal angle tinged with 

 brown. 



The larva of this species (fig. 8) is of a purple hue, with a green 

 patch anteriorly, a white dorsal one and an angular band on the tenth 

 and eleventh segments also white : the dorsal processes are bright red 

 as are also the legs : pupa chestnut. The food of the larva, accord- 

 ing to Abbot, is Ipomaea coccinea, on which account I have given it 

 the name Ipomaece. Two specimens only, both males, were taken at 

 St. John's Bluff, East Florida, in April, 1838. 



Edward Doubleday. 



Art. VI. — Memorandiwi on. the Larva of Papilio Philenor. By T. 

 W. Harris, Esq., M.D. Communicated in a Letter to Mr. E. 

 Doubleday. 



This summer I have made the interesting discovery of the larvae of 

 Papilio Philenor in Massachusetts, having found three just hatched 

 on the Aristolochia Si])ho in our Botanic Garden, on the 5th of this 

 month (August). The Philenor has never, to my knowledge, been 

 observed before in the New England States, though it is said to be 

 common in New Jersey, near New York City. Aristolochia Sipho 

 grows wild in the woods about New Haven, Connecticut, wliich is the 

 nearest locality of this genus of plants to Cambridge. It is possible 

 that the Philenor may be found there, and from thence an impregnated 



