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Mature Larva. — Length 46 mm.; shape cylindrical, of 

 nearly even thickness from the third to the twelfth segment ; 

 banded transversely with black, white and yellow, black on the 

 middle of each segment, white on both sides of the black, and 

 next the white, yellow, these two shades separated on the doi-- 

 sum by a black line or narrow stripe ^ on the third and the 

 eleventh segments, on each side the dorsa] line, are two slen- 

 der, tapering, flexible and divergent black processes ; the ante- 

 rior ones 8 mm., the others 4 mm. long; feet black, pro-legs 

 black with a white lunate spot on each ; head obovoid, slightly 

 depressed at top, the vertices rounded, smooth, banded with 

 black and vellow ; on front face a black trianMe enclosino- 'yel- 

 low triangle, next above a band of yellow, then black, yellow, 

 and at back of head black. 



Chrysalis. — Length 28 mm., greatest breadth 15 mm. ; 

 cylindrical, stout ; the head-case but little prolonged, rounded ; 

 mesonotum slightly prominent, rounded, followed by a shallow 

 depression ; abdomen very large, the segments extremely con- 

 tracted ; color liffht vellow-green, smooth and shinincr ; a line 

 of separated golden dots from posterior base of mesonotum to 

 head-case ; two similar dots on ventral side between the wing 

 cases ; a line of golden dots thickly set across the abdomen, 

 ending at the wing cases, and bordered anteriorly by a black 

 line ; the tail black and slender and, at its base, on ventral 

 side, on the last segment, two rows of rounded, shining, black 

 knobs, three in each row, the outer pair larger than the others 

 and more prominent, and a little pointed anteriorly ; in some 

 examples one or two of these knobs are missing, but the outer 

 ones are always present. Duration of this stage from five to 

 fifteen or more days, according to the temperature. In one in- 

 stance, mentioned above, this period was restricted to two 

 days. W. H. Edwards. 



Some Synonyms of Butterflies. I received, 27 MarcL 1878, the 

 14th part of Strecker's Lepidoptera, dated 187 7 twice on the cover, but 

 issued after 20 March 1878. In this are described as new four of my 

 species and 1 suppose one of Scudder's. His Melitaea imitala, M. larumla, 

 Charis gaudaloupe, Pamphila simllia are, respectively, my M. ulrica, M. 

 ch/mas, Ch. australis, A mblysclrtes nj/xa; his Satyrus ashtaroth is doubtless 

 Scudder's S. (Uonysiiis\ his Lihythea larvata is, in my opinion, L. carinenta. 

 As he will claim priority by his system of antedating, I think attention 

 should be called to the matter. VV. II. Edwards. 



