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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  vided 
  with 
  two 
  spines 
  each, 
  the 
  fifth, 
  sixth, 
  seventh, 
  and 
  eighth 
  with 
  three 
  

   spines, 
  the 
  middle 
  row 
  being 
  extremely 
  small. 
  

   Length, 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Vanessa 
  Milberti. 
  Godt. 
  

  

  Larva, 
  dull 
  olivaceous, 
  with 
  blackish 
  tinge, 
  whole 
  surface 
  covered 
  with 
  indis- 
  

   tinct 
  black 
  dots. 
  A 
  narrow, 
  black 
  dorsal 
  line. 
  The 
  sides 
  below 
  the 
  stigmata 
  

   are 
  stone 
  color. 
  Each 
  segment 
  is 
  armed 
  with 
  five 
  black 
  spines, 
  from 
  which 
  

   spring 
  some 
  short 
  black 
  hairs. 
  Stigmata 
  inclosed 
  in 
  waved, 
  irregular 
  black 
  

   band, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  pinkish 
  space 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  it. 
  Stigmata 
  black, 
  encircled 
  

   with 
  dull 
  white, 
  or 
  stone 
  color. 
  Head 
  and 
  prolegs 
  black 
  ; 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  

   stone 
  color. 
  

  

  Length, 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Food-plant, 
  TJrlica 
  sp. 
  (Stinging 
  Nettle.) 
  

  

  Chrysalis, 
  dull 
  ash 
  color, 
  with 
  darker 
  dots 
  scattered 
  irregularly 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  

   surface. 
  Thoracic 
  protuberances 
  almost 
  obsolete. 
  Palpi 
  cases 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  

   short, 
  sharp 
  spine. 
  Abdominal 
  region 
  with 
  three 
  rows 
  of 
  short, 
  shining 
  points, 
  

   slightly 
  silvered 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  indistinct 
  dash 
  of 
  silver 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  head. 
  Wing 
  cases 
  paler 
  iu 
  color 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  body. 
  Length, 
  

   0.75 
  inch. 
  

  

  Pyrameis 
  Hantera. 
  Sm. 
  Abb. 
  

  

  Larva, 
  blackish 
  gray, 
  striated 
  with 
  yellow, 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  segments 
  more 
  ob- 
  

   scure 
  than 
  the 
  remainder. 
  Along 
  the 
  feet, 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  stigmata, 
  is 
  a 
  yellow 
  

   lateral 
  ray, 
  and 
  above 
  these 
  is 
  another 
  yellow 
  ray, 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  orange 
  

   spot 
  above 
  each 
  stigma. 
  Stigmata 
  brownish. 
  All 
  the 
  spine? 
  are 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Food-plants, 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  Gnaphalium. 
  

  

  " 
  Chrysalis, 
  yellowish, 
  moderately 
  angular, 
  scattered 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   golden 
  spots." 
  — 
  Boisduval. 
  

  

  Pyrameis 
  Cardui. 
  L. 
  

  

  Larva, 
  brownish, 
  with 
  four 
  yellow 
  interrupted 
  lines, 
  two 
  dorsal 
  and 
  two 
  lat- 
  

   eral. 
  Head 
  greenish 
  black. 
  The 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  segments 
  have 
  four 
  spines 
  

   each 
  ; 
  the 
  fifth 
  to 
  the 
  eleventh, 
  inclusive, 
  have 
  seven 
  spines 
  each 
  ; 
  the 
  twelfth 
  

   has 
  four 
  spines, 
  and 
  the 
  thirteenth 
  only 
  two. 
  The 
  spines 
  are 
  brownish 
  black." 
  

   — 
  Staniton. 
  

  

  Food 
  plants, 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  thistles. 
  {Carduus, 
  Cincus.) 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  is 
  solitary 
  in 
  its 
  habits, 
  and 
  draws 
  up 
  the 
  leaves 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  with 
  its 
  threads. 
  

  

  " 
  Chrysalis, 
  grayish 
  brown, 
  angular, 
  scattered 
  over 
  with 
  golden 
  spots, 
  which 
  

   sometimes 
  cover 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  surface." 
  — 
  Morris. 
  

  

  Pyrameis 
  Atalania. 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Larva, 
  yellowish 
  gray, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  yellow 
  lateral 
  line. 
  Third 
  and 
  fourth 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  with 
  four 
  moderate 
  blackish 
  spines 
  ; 
  the 
  filth 
  to 
  twelfth 
  segments, 
  in- 
  

  

  