194 SILVER STRIPE BUTTERFLY. 



The caterpillar of this butterfly is found on the 

 grass in May. It is of a plain yellowish brown, with 

 several longitudinal stripes of dark brown ; it is also 

 thickly beset with barbed spines, a quarter of an inch 

 in length ; and has, in particular, two of a remarkable 

 form on the first annulation next the head. It 

 remains in the chrysalis condition twenty or twenty- 

 one days, and appears in the winged state early in 

 June. 



