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with small black tubercles. The spines on the body are 

 black, rather long, slightly branching. There are four 

 on joints 2 and 3, six on joints 4 and 5, and seven each 

 on joints 6 to 12. The last joint has two pairs of short 

 spines, one behind the other. 



The chrysalis is dark brown or gray, with two rows 

 of spines along the back of the abdomen, two on the head 

 in front, three on the edge of the wing-covers on each side, 

 and a thin prominence on the middle of the thorax. 



This species hibernates in the butterfly state, and the 

 first brood of caterpillars may be seen in June. The 

 second brood of caterpillars appears in August. 



North America generally. 



62. VANESSA MILBERTII, Godt. 



Expanse of wings from 1.6 to 2.25 inches. 



Upper surface brownish black, with a broad fulvous 

 band between the middle and the outer margin, paler on 

 its inner edge. One example from Colorado has fully half 

 the band pale buff. On the fore wings the pale band 

 contains a black patch on the costa, with a white spot on 

 one or both sides. There are two fulvous spots in the 

 cell. The border is composed of two parts, the inner 

 black, the outer a black-brown crenate line, on each side 

 of which it is a little paler. The black on the hind wings 

 supports a row of violet lunules. 



Under side dark brown, with the usual wavy lines and 

 spots ; the outer half yellowish brown, differing in shade 

 on different specimens, with a submarginal row of gray- 

 blue lunules which are black-edged. 



The mature larva is a little more than an inch long, 

 with a black head sprinkled with minute whitish dots, 



