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Family 5. LIBYTHEID^E 



Genus 1. LIBYTHEA 



L. Oeltis. 



TIMES OF APPEARANCE. January, and again from 

 March, to the end of July. 



HABITAT. A specimen was taken at Carabacel, 

 (Nice), near the railway crossing, on April 16 th 1889. 



It is found more generally, at Cannes, Antibes, &c., 

 at the latter of which places there are an abundance 

 of Celtis trees . 



LARVA. On Celtis australis, (Nettle Tree), in April, 

 May and July. 



When young, it is brown with white dorsal and 

 sub-dorsal lines. 



When full-grown, it is green, with a dark dorsal 

 stripe, the spiracles black, the lateral stripe purplish. 



The entomologist Milliere once found a brood of 

 sixty larvae ! 



OBSERVATION. The anterior legs rudimentary in 

 the / ; perfect in the $. 



These characteristics have induced some writers to 

 associate this species with the last ; in spite of its 

 different larva, mode of pupation, &c. 



The larva has been found, two thirds grown, at 

 Cannes on May 15 th . 



