242 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



The eggs were like those of prometJiea in size and 

 shape, but were pure white, and one end showed the 

 micropyle, like honeycomb or hammered silver. This 

 is very different from the plain egg oi ])romethea^ which 

 in color and stains resembles that of cecropia more than 

 angulifera. 



On the twelfth day the eggs hatched, having become 

 lead-colored the day before, though a few grew yellow 

 and two green instead of lead-colored. 



The little caterpillars were less than a quarter of an 

 inch long, with dark heads banded with light stripes 

 across the front. Their bodies were bright yellow, with 

 a black transverse band on the dorsum of the second 

 segment, two dark transverse lines on the anal seg- 

 ment, a faint dark line between every two segments ; 

 six tubercles, with setae, on every segment except the 

 first and last, which had four each, and the eleventh, 

 which had five. The legs were graj^-yellow, with dark 

 tips, and the props yellow. These little caterpillars 

 left the egg-shells uneaten and crawled to a distance 

 before feeding. 



Seven days after hatching they molted. Their heads 

 were yellow, with a dark line and patch across the 

 front. Their bodies were greenish yellow, with two 

 black transverse lines on each segment; on the first 

 segment four black tubercles with setse ; on the elev- 

 enth five tubercles, the middle* one on the dorsal 

 line ; on the other segments six yellow tubercles with 

 yellow seta3 having black tips. The anal shield had 

 a transverse line and patch of black, and the anal 

 segment four yellow tubercles. The legs and props 

 were pale yellow. 



