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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



hibernates over winter in a half-grown state, completing its growth 

 the next season. The chrysalis is o-reen. 



Neonymplia geniiiia. Upper and luuler side. 



An extremely delicate little butterfly is Neonymplia f/emma. The 

 wings are light grajdsh brown, slightly darker toward their outer 

 margins, and are without markings, except two small spots of brown 

 near the outer margin of each lower wing-. On the under side the 

 wings are crossed b}^ two faint wavy lines of brown, and next their 

 base are marked with a few short irregular brown lines. Next the 

 outer margin of the lower wings, and bordered inwardly with a gray- 

 ish i)ink area, is a row of four sharply-defined small black spots, each 

 liaving a silvery centre. Several splashes of silver extend along the 

 margin both above and below the row of spots. 



This insect is southern in its range, from Virginia southward. 



Neonyiiipha, sosybius. Upper and under side. 



About the same size as the preceding species and of a brownish 

 gray, with slightly pinkish reflections, is JVeoni/mpha sosf/hlus. Tlie 

 upper side is without spots or markings, except tliree faint lines 

 along tlie outer margins. The under side is a much lighter gi'ay. 



