﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  327 
  

  

  1 
  am 
  indebted 
  for 
  (he 
  above 
  description 
  (o 
  my 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  Mead, 
  of 
  Cornell 
  

   University, 
  who 
  discovered 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  this 
  somewhat 
  rare 
  species 
  in 
  his 
  tour 
  

   through 
  Colorado, 
  and 
  who 
  was 
  successful 
  in 
  raising 
  it 
  to 
  maturity. 
  

  

  Colias 
  coesonm. 
  Godt. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  near 
  San 
  Diego 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Behrens, 
  and 
  must, 
  

   therefore, 
  be 
  included 
  among 
  our 
  California 
  butterflies. 
  The 
  following 
  brief 
  de- 
  

   scription 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  at 
  my 
  command 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Larva. 
  Green, 
  with 
  a 
  lateral 
  white 
  band, 
  punctured 
  with 
  yellow 
  ; 
  besides 
  

   this 
  band, 
  there 
  is 
  on 
  each 
  segment 
  a 
  transverse 
  black 
  band, 
  bordered 
  with 
  yel- 
  

   low. 
  Feeds 
  on 
  dififerent 
  species 
  of 
  TrifoHum." 
  — 
  Bolsduval. 
  

  

  Terias 
  lisa. 
  

  

  This 
  and 
  (he 
  following 
  species 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  taken 
  near 
  the 
  Mexican 
  border. 
  

   The 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  larva;, 
  by 
  Boisduval, 
  are 
  very 
  vague 
  and 
  unsatisfactory, 
  

   but 
  I 
  append 
  them, 
  having 
  at 
  present 
  no 
  better 
  to 
  offer 
  : 
  

  

  " 
  Larva. 
  Green, 
  with 
  four 
  longitudinal 
  white 
  rays. 
  Feeds 
  on 
  Cassia 
  and 
  

   Glycina. 
  

  

  " 
  Chrysalis. 
  Green 
  ." 
  — 
  Boisd 
  uval. 
  

  

  Terins 
  delta. 
  Cramer. 
  

  

  " 
  Larva. 
  Green, 
  with 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  white 
  line 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  above 
  the 
  feet. 
  

   Feeds 
  on 
  Cassia, 
  Glijcina, 
  and 
  Trifoliam. 
  

  

  " 
  Chrysalis. 
  Green." 
  — 
  Boisduval. 
  

  

  Danais 
  Berenice. 
  Cramer. 
  

  

  " 
  Larva. 
  Whitish 
  violet, 
  with 
  transverse 
  stripes 
  of 
  a 
  deeper 
  color, 
  a 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  band 
  of 
  reddish 
  brown 
  on 
  each 
  ring, 
  divided 
  in 
  i(s 
  length 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   yellow 
  band. 
  Along 
  the 
  feet, 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  band 
  of 
  citron 
  yellow. 
  Long, 
  

   fleshy 
  processes 
  of 
  brown 
  purple 
  are 
  disposed 
  in 
  pairs 
  on 
  the 
  second, 
  fifth, 
  and 
  

   eleventh 
  rings. 
  Feeds 
  on 
  Nerium, 
  Asrlepias, 
  e(c. 
  

  

  "Chrysalis. 
  Green, 
  wi(h 
  golden 
  points 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  side, 
  and 
  a 
  semi-circle 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  side, 
  a 
  little 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle, 
  separated 
  from 
  

   a 
  blue 
  band 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  black 
  dots." 
  — 
  Boisduval. 
  

  

  Found, 
  but 
  rarely, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  San 
  Diego. 
  

  

  Agraulis 
  vardllce. 
  Bois. 
  

  

  " 
  Larva. 
  Cylindric, 
  pale, 
  fulvous, 
  with 
  four 
  blackish 
  longitudinal 
  bands, 
  of 
  

   which 
  (he 
  two 
  dorsal 
  are 
  sometimes 
  obsolete 
  ; 
  furnished 
  with 
  ranges 
  of 
  blackish 
  

   ramose 
  spines, 
  of 
  which 
  two 
  are 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  ot 
  the 
  head. 
  Head 
  with 
  

   a 
  whidsh 
  ray 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  lined 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  feet, 
  black. 
  Feeds 
  on 
  Passijlo- 
  

   rce, 
  etc. 
  

  

  "Chrysalis. 
  Russety 
  brown, 
  with 
  some 
  paler 
  shades." 
  — 
  Boisduval. 
  

  

  