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stigmatal series, there being two appendages to a 

 segment in the lower series, and one to a segment 

 in the others. In short, hypermetamorphosis 

 was already established in a simple condition. 



So, too, metamorphosis was complete, and the 

 chrysalis a perfect mummy with ensheathed 

 limbs, its contours smooth, the head rounded, the 

 ventral outline of the abdomen as curved as the 

 dorsal, and the tail somewhat pointed ; it was 

 protected by a slight cocoon, and probably also 

 secured within, in a definite position, by attach- 

 ment at the tail and a girt around the middle. 



The butterfly was heavy -bodied and covered 

 with scales and hairs. The head was broad, the 

 antennae did not encroach upon the eyes and were 

 moderately long and clubbed at the tip ; the club 

 was about three times longer than broad and 

 curved at the base, but not hooked at the tip ; 

 the tongue was about as long as the body, with 

 simple inconspicuous papillae near the tip ; the 

 labial palpi were bushy and rather long, the 

 apical joint smaller than the others, and directed 

 forward. 



The front wings were somewhat triangular, 

 twice as long as broad, with rather a pointed 

 apex ; and the hind wings rounded triangular, of 

 about equal length and breadth. In the neura- 

 tion of the former the costal and subcostal veins, 

 with the upper branches of the latter, were closely 



