EASTERN UNITED STATES. 



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body is more or less thickly granulated with pale papillae ; 

 swells in the middle, from which it tapers both ways, the 

 anal extremity ending in two horns. The back and sides 

 are flattened, the latter sloping slightly roof fashion. 

 The most characteristic feature is the head, which, though 

 variable in color, is always surmounted in this stage by 



FIG. 64. 



A. Celtis : /, egg, magnified ; g, larva, lateral view ; h, imago, under side ; i, j, k, 1. m, 

 the five different larval heads ; n, o, dorsal and lateral view of larval joint, enlarged. 



two antlers. The heads in the different stages are well 

 represented in Fig. 64. 



The second brood of larvae after passing the second or 

 third moult cease to eat, station themselves on the under 

 side of a leaf, shrink in size and change their color some- 

 what, and become torpid. In this state they hibernate. 



Food-plant, hackberry. 



Virginia to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Valley. 



77. APATURA ALICIA, Edw. 



Expanse of wings 2.25 inches. 



Upper surface dull fulvous, a little more than the outer 

 half of fore wings dark brown, except the hind margin 



K 19 



