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projections and lateral dilatations bear white hairs. The 

 ventral surface is green, with white hairs, the claspers 

 are yellowish, and the legs are marked with black. Mr. 

 Buckler thought that in the typical form the green was 



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more lively and full than in the Scotch form, and the 

 pink along the lateral region darker, inclining to purple. 

 The chrysalis is not much over ^in. in length. That 

 of the northern form has been described as being rather 



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thick, smooth, but not shining. The colour is bluish- 

 green except the abdomen, which is dull yellowish. On 

 each side is a white-centred pink stripe, and a black 

 curved streak is found on each side of the head. The 

 larval skin remains attached to the anal extremity. 



