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  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  prolegs 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  shining 
  band 
  of 
  brownish-black 
  on 
  the 
  out- 
  

   side." 
  — 
  W. 
  Sanders, 
  in 
  Pad-«?-(;rs 
  Guide, 
  p. 
  254. 
  

  

  "Chrysalifs. 
  This 
  has 
  two 
  large, 
  conical 
  tubercles 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  

   the 
  antennfe, 
  and 
  two 
  acute 
  tubercles 
  on 
  the 
  thorax. 
  The 
  thorax 
  is 
  acutely 
  bi- 
  

   tuberculated 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  with 
  an 
  acute 
  thin 
  dorsal 
  ridge, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  two 
  small,'sharp 
  tubercles. 
  Along 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  two 
  rows 
  

   of 
  tubercles, 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  abdominal 
  ring 
  being 
  much 
  larger. 
  It 
  is 
  half 
  an 
  

   inch 
  long, 
  pale 
  ash, 
  with 
  black 
  dots 
  and 
  irregular 
  lines." 
  — 
  Packard, 
  loc. 
  cil. 
  

  

  Pyrameis 
  Cari/ce. 
  Hubn. 
  

  

  Larva. 
  On 
  exclusion 
  from 
  egg, 
  almost 
  wholly 
  black, 
  with 
  faint 
  yellow 
  irro- 
  

   rations. 
  After 
  the 
  first 
  moult, 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  black, 
  shining, 
  densely 
  and 
  rather 
  

   coarsely 
  punctured. 
  Body 
  black, 
  transversely 
  mottled 
  with 
  lemon 
  yellow, 
  with 
  

   a 
  black 
  dorsal 
  line, 
  and 
  lateral 
  waved 
  lines 
  of 
  yellow, 
  enclosing 
  the 
  stigmata. 
  

   Spines 
  black, 
  ramose, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  region 
  yellow 
  at 
  their 
  base. 
  With 
  

   each 
  succeeding 
  moult, 
  the 
  black 
  gradually 
  disappears, 
  and 
  the 
  yellow 
  markings 
  

   acquire 
  a 
  paler 
  shade. 
  

  

  Mature 
  Larva. 
  Head, 
  brownish-black, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  whitish 
  hairs. 
  

   Groundcolor 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  pale 
  greenish-yellow, 
  mottled 
  irregularly 
  with 
  black 
  

   and 
  olive 
  patches, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  broken, 
  black, 
  dorsal 
  line. 
  The 
  spines 
  of 
  the 
  flrst 
  

   four 
  segments 
  are 
  black, 
  with 
  white 
  branches, 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  spines 
  

   being 
  dull 
  fawn-color, 
  darkest 
  at 
  their 
  bases, 
  with 
  concolorous 
  branching 
  hairs. 
  

   The 
  stigmata 
  are 
  yellowish-white, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  ring, 
  and 
  enclosed 
  in 
  a 
  

   waved, 
  mottled, 
  black 
  and 
  olive 
  band, 
  from 
  which 
  proceed 
  some 
  narrow, 
  oblique 
  

   branches, 
  joining 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  lateral 
  series 
  of 
  spines. 
  Under 
  side 
  olivaceous, 
  

   dotted 
  with 
  yellow. 
  Feet 
  and 
  prolegs 
  pitchy, 
  with 
  chestnut 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Length, 
  1.25 
  inch. 
  

  

  Food 
  plants, 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  Malvacece. 
  

  

  Chrysalis. 
  Eather 
  short, 
  fawn 
  color, 
  covered 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  with 
  

   black 
  dashes 
  and 
  dots, 
  darkest 
  about 
  the 
  thorax. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  truncate 
  in 
  front, 
  

   with 
  two 
  small, 
  angular 
  protuberances 
  beyond 
  the 
  eyes. 
  Mesonotal 
  process 
  

   rather 
  short, 
  angular, 
  directed 
  backwards. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  two 
  rather 
  acute 
  an- 
  

   gular 
  processes 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  Abdomen, 
  with 
  three 
  raised 
  points 
  

   on 
  each 
  segment, 
  palest 
  at 
  their 
  apex. 
  At 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  with 
  the 
  

   abdomen, 
  are 
  two 
  small, 
  subcordate 
  patches 
  of 
  pure 
  white, 
  resting 
  on 
  two 
  other 
  

   small 
  white 
  spots 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  Wing 
  cases 
  fawn 
  color, 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  black 
  streaks, 
  and 
  a 
  subraarginal 
  row 
  of 
  six 
  minute 
  white 
  dots, 
  edged 
  with 
  

   black. 
  Antennaj 
  plainly 
  visible, 
  with 
  the 
  articulations 
  distinctly 
  marked. 
  There 
  

   are 
  no 
  gold 
  or 
  silver 
  marks 
  whatever. 
  

  

  Length, 
  0.85 
  inch. 
  

  

  Changed 
  to 
  chrysalis, 
  July 
  2d. 
  Imago, 
  July 
  24th. 
  

  

  Limenitis 
  misippus. 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  "Larva, 
  Cylindrical. 
  General 
  color, 
  whitish. 
  Head, 
  dull 
  olive, 
  with 
  dense 
  mi- 
  

   nute 
  prickles, 
  its 
  vertex 
  bifid 
  and 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  prickly 
  cylindrical 
  horns, 
  

  

  