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smaller home is exchanged for one more suited to its size, and it is 

 not an unusual thing to find three or four leaves still green and 

 perfect which have successively housed the same caterpillar. 



The body of the larva is thick toward the anterior end, gradually 

 tapering from the fourth segment backward. 



Mr. Saunders, in describing a caterpillar of this species, which he 

 found rolled up in a leaf of the spice bush, says : " Its length was 

 about one and three-fourths inches, the body being thickest from the 

 third to the fifth segments. The head is rather small, flat in front, 

 slightly l)ilobed, dull flesh coloi', with a faint tinge of brown. The 

 body is bright pea green, with a yellow stripe across the anterior part 

 of the second segment, edged behind with dull black. On the 

 fourth segment are two prominent eye-like spots, of dull yellowish 

 or yellowish buff, encircled by a fine ring of black, and a large black 

 pupil filling most of the lower portion. Tlie posterior portion of this 

 black pupil is encircled by a siiining bluish l)lack ring, the anterior 

 portion of whicli strikes a little beyond tlic middle of the pupil ; 

 there is also a line of black in front of the pupil extending nearly 

 across the yellow })ortion, and a pale pinkish spot in the upper part 

 of the yellow which is edged with a sliglitly darker shade. On the 

 fifth segment are two large irregular spots of the same color, pale 

 buff, encircled by a faint ring of black, and having a faint piidvish 

 spot on the anterior portion of each. Tliese spots are nearer to each 

 otlier than those on the fourth segment, a portion of the space be- 

 tween the fifth and sixth segments being deep black. Each segment, 

 from the sixth to the eleventh, inclusive, has four blue dots, encircled 

 with black, those on the seventh, eighth and ninth sometimes being 

 largest. On each side, close to the under surface, is a wide yellow 

 stripe, gradually softening into the green above, and edged below 

 with blackish brown. Immediately below the spiracles is a row of 

 blue dots edged with black, one on each segment, from the sixth to 

 the twelfth, inclusive. The under sui'face is dull, pale greeinsh or 

 3^ellowisli white, having a decidedly reddish tinge as it approaches 

 the yellow stripe on the sides. The feet partake of the same general 

 color." 



It is a plump, good-natured looking creature, and when fully 

 grown is one of the handsomest of caterpillars. The eye-like spots 

 have a droll, almost half-reproachful look, as if they expected you 

 to beg tlieir owner's pardon for taking the liberty to expose liim to 

 the daylight. 



