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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  occidentaHs 
  and 
  Aiithocaris 
  ausoniedes, 
  descriptions 
  of 
  both 
  of 
  which 
  species 
  

   will 
  shortly 
  appear 
  from 
  the 
  pen 
  of 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Edwards 
  of 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  in 
  

   his 
  exquisite 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Butterflies 
  of 
  North 
  America. 
  In 
  the 
  mean 
  time, 
  I 
  

   respectfully 
  ask 
  the 
  co-operation 
  of 
  all 
  persons 
  on 
  this 
  Coast, 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  

   in 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  entomology, 
  towards 
  a 
  better 
  understanding 
  of 
  the 
  transforma- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  these 
  beautiful 
  denizens 
  of 
  our 
  woods 
  and 
  fields, 
  assuring 
  them 
  that 
  I 
  

   will 
  cheerfully 
  credit 
  them 
  with 
  any 
  information 
  they 
  may 
  supply 
  to 
  me. 
  

   The 
  following 
  species 
  are 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  paper 
  : 
  

  

  Papilio 
  Ph 
  lienor, 
  Larva 
  and 
  chrys. 
  

   " 
  Zolicaon, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Asterjas, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Eurymedon," 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Rutulus, 
  Chrysalis. 
  

   Neophasia 
  menapia, 
  " 
  

   Colias 
  enrytheme, 
  Larva 
  and 
  Chrys. 
  

   Terias 
  nicippe, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Danais 
  Arddppus, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Melitma 
  chalcedon, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Editha, 
  

  

  MelitcRa 
  palta, 
  Larva 
  and 
  Chrys. 
  

  

  Phyciodes 
  mylitta, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Grapta 
  satyrus, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  zephyr 
  us, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Vanessa 
  antiopa, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Milberti, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Pyvameis 
  Huniera, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Cardui, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  " 
  Atalanta, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Junonia 
  coenia, 
  " 
  " 
  

  

  Limenilis 
  Lorquini, 
  Chrysalis. 
  

  

  Limenitis 
  Californica, 
  Chrysalis. 
  

  

  Papilio 
  Philenor. 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  Larva. 
  Head 
  blackish 
  brown. 
  Body 
  very 
  dark 
  brown, 
  slightly 
  shining, 
  

   with 
  two 
  dorsal 
  rows 
  of 
  long, 
  fleshy 
  processes, 
  those 
  near 
  the 
  anal 
  extremity 
  

   being 
  the 
  longest, 
  bright 
  orange 
  red. 
  A 
  lateral 
  row 
  of 
  processes, 
  brown, 
  red- 
  

   dish 
  at 
  base; 
  those 
  anteriorly 
  being 
  the 
  longest. 
  On 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  are 
  three 
  

   orange 
  red 
  blotches, 
  arranged 
  almost 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  triangle. 
  Spiracles 
  

   orange 
  red. 
  Feet 
  brown-black, 
  red 
  at 
  their 
  base. 
  Under 
  side 
  dull 
  flesh 
  color. 
  

   Retractile 
  tentacles, 
  bright 
  orange. 
  

  

  Length, 
  2 
  inches. 
  Width, 
  0.25 
  inch. 
  

  

  Food 
  plant, 
  Aristolochia 
  serpentttria. 
  

  

  Chrysalis. 
  Rather 
  short, 
  extremely 
  broad 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  stone 
  color, 
  with 
  a 
  

   slight 
  violet 
  tinge. 
  Truncate 
  in 
  front, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  high 
  protuberance 
  on 
  the 
  

   thoracic 
  region, 
  two 
  smaller 
  ones 
  on 
  its 
  sides, 
  directed 
  towards 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  a 
  

   double 
  row 
  of 
  short 
  dorsal 
  protuberances 
  toward 
  the 
  posterior 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  ab- 
  

   domen. 
  Scattered 
  over 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  are 
  some 
  pale, 
  golden 
  yellow 
  patches. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  two 
  broods 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  appearing 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   May, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  August. 
  From 
  eight 
  specimens 
  of 
  larvae 
  obtained 
  at 
  

   Saucelito, 
  near 
  this 
  city, 
  in 
  April 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year, 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  following 
  

   results 
  : 
  

  

  Changed 
  to 
  chrysalis. 
  May 
  llth-24th. 
  

  

  Imagos 
  appeared, 
  June 
  4th-14th. 
  

  

  3 
  ^. 
  3 
  5- 
  Two 
  specimens 
  are 
  now 
  alive 
  in 
  the 
  chrysalis 
  state, 
  and 
  will 
  

   probably 
  make 
  their 
  appearance 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  coming 
  spring. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  

  

  