98 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



which was also given them, and as purshine was not 

 easy to get, all were given woodbine, and throve on it. 



The third molt took place five days later. This 

 time the body was black, with transverse lines of 

 white dots, and velvety black on the dorsum and be- 

 tween the segments there. The marks and lines were 

 as before. The legs and props were orange-brown, and 

 the horn was shining black, rough, and ended in two 

 setae. The anal shield was black, speckled and edged 

 with yellow-white, and looked placed very high above 

 the props, instead of ending low down between them. 



Four days later they molted for the fourth time, 

 being then an inch and a half long, with small heads, 

 and pale-green bodies with transverse black lines from 

 the stigmatal line to the dorsal band of velvety black. 

 Between each two segments this band gave off a 

 short branch. On this short black band was placed 

 the yellow patch. The subdorsal and stigmatal lines 

 were bright yellow. The dorsal plate on the first seg- 

 ment was orange-brown speckled with lighter brown, 

 as were the anal plate and props. The legs and props 

 were orange-brown, the spiracles yellow-white encir- 

 cled with black. The venter was paler green and 

 mottled, as well as striated, v,ith black. 



The caterpillars varied even more in this stage, 

 some having the head, dorsal plate, and the anal props 

 and shield green speckled with orange, the body 

 hardly striated with black, and on each segment a 

 black bar with an orange spot set in it. The dorsal 

 black band was faint and divided lengthwise by a 

 green line. The bodies tapered from the third seg- 

 ment to the head. 



