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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF APATURA 
ALICIA. 
BY WILLIAM HENRY EDWARDS, COALBURGH, W. VA. 
Ecc. — Nearly spherical, flattened at 
base ; marked by 20 vertical ribs, between 
which are many fine, horizontal striae ; 
color pale yellow-green. Duration of this 
stage 3 to 4 days. 
Youne Larva. — Length 2 mm; 
cylindrical, tapering slightly from segment 
2 to 13: color pale green; covered with 
minute concolored tubercles, each of which 
sends out a white hair. As the stage pro- 
ceeds, the color changes to deep green, and 
at the extreme edge of dorsal area appears 
a whitish line, and another along base over 
feet ; under side, feet and legs green ; head 
broader than body, sub-globular, a little 
depressed at top; color dark brown. Du- 
ration of this stage 3 to 4 days. 
After Ist moult.— Length 3.6 mm. ; 
tapering from segment 2, and ending in 
two short, conical, divergent tails; color 
uniform dark green, and sprinkled uni- 
formly over back and sides with fine yellow 
tubercles, distinctly separated, each giving 
out a short hair; two sub-dorsal lines, 
composed of same fine tubercles, but close 
set, pass from head to the ends of the 
tails; on middle of side is a wavy line of 
similar tubercles, and below the spiracles is 
another line, straight; the ends of the 
tails rather roughly tuberculated, with 
longer hairs, pointing backward; head 
twice as broad as segment 2 ; subquadrate, 
the base nearly square, the sides rounded, 
the top depressed in front at the suture; 
on each vertex a stout process or horn, di- 
vergent, tapering, 0.5 mm. long, ending in 
two equal, divergent forks, the length of 
these being about two-fifths the length of 
the whole horn; the forks are even sized 
till near the top, then bluntly conical ;_ be- 
hind the horn is a short spine just below 
the fork, and five small ones around it half 
way down; along top of head two prongs 
between the horns, and another back of 
each. On the side of face, back, are two 
prongs, each bent down, the upper a little 
below base of horn measuring 0.38 mm., 
the other about half as long; whole sur- 
face densely and shallowly pitted, and cov- 
ered with a fine whitish down; all the 
horns and spines beset with long white 
hairs, which, from the tips, form pencils ; 
color of front face whitish-green, the top 
for a narrow space, brown, and a little 
brown below horns, on the side; the back 
