96 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



joint 4 had a large suboval black ocellus in a narrow 

 yellow ring. Now the front part of ocellus is velvety 

 black, but back of this it is vitreous black. 



After three days it moults the third time. The length 

 is .8 of an inch, color about the same, the anterior seg- 

 ments a little darker, their surfaces finely and thickly 

 but indistinctly dotted green ; the middle segments 

 lighter-colored and distinctly dotted green ; the side- 

 bands salmon color ; the last segments a redder salmon ; 

 13 white above base at extremity; along base of body, 

 with a little above spiracles, a white macular band ; on 

 dorsum of 13 are two small conical white processes ; on 

 dorsum of 5 are two abbreviated bars of red lilac, one 

 on each side in the subdorsal row, and on 6 to 10 is a 

 small rounded lilac spot on each in same row ; on side 

 of 8 to 10 one similar spot to each ; below the basal 

 ridge is a small indistinct blue-lilac spot on each segment 

 from 6 to 11 ; ocellus as before ; the buff ring now open 

 on anterior side ; head greenish yellow. 



In four days more it moults the last time, taking nine 

 days from this to reach maturity. The mature larva is 

 1.6 inches long; cylindrical, shaped as during the pre- 

 ceding stages. Color dull velvety green on joints 3, 4, 

 5, and on 12, 13, nearly solid, but a little specked with 

 lighter green ; the other segments light and dark green 

 in fine markings ; the basal ridge whitish green ; under 

 this is a fine black line from 3 to 12, and on 6 to 11 is a 

 subtriangular blue spot in black edging on each segment 

 just below the line; 2 has a narrow yellow ridge in 

 front, nearly flat on top, the curves rounded ; on anterior 

 side of this and next it is a black subdorsal dash on 

 each side; behind the ridge is a black rough band; 



