132 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



shaped as before; body covered with minute black 

 tubercles, disposed on the ridges so as to form both 

 longitudinal and transverse rows, each tubercle sending 

 out a white hair. Color dull green, head ovoid, dark 

 brown. 



After the second moult the length is .28 of an inch. 

 Color dark green, head as before. 



After the third moult the length is .45 of an inch ; 

 cylindrical, long and slender. Color dark green ; at 

 base of body a white stripe, through which runs a crim- 

 son line, and under this stripe are black, semicircular or 

 ovate spots, sometimes seen only on segments 3 to 6, but 

 usually from 3 to 11, sometimes wanting. Towards the 

 last of the stage a paler subdorsal line. Tuberculated 

 and pilose as before. 



After the fourth moult the length is .56 of an inch. 

 Color dark green, but varying, some examples having 

 the sides only dark, the dorsum yellowish ; the subdorsal 

 stripe sometimes wanting, but usually present. Head 

 ovoid, yellowish green. 



The mature larva is from 1.1 to 1.2 inches long, 

 cylindrical, each joint as in the early stage several times 

 creased, and on the ridges thus formed several fine 

 papillae, white or black, each supporting a fine short 

 white hair. Color dark green, at the base of body a 

 band of pure white, through which runs a bright crimson 

 line from segments 2 to 11 almost continuously. Be- 

 neath this band, from joint 3 to 12, is a large semicircular 

 or semi-ovate black spot to each joint, the anterior ones 

 largest. There is a faint white subdorsal line thickened 

 at the posterior end of each joint so as to present a wcll- 

 (Irlin. l white spot. Above this a line of crimson, broken 



