LIAIACODES MICILIA. 1/9 



stripes margined on the under side with black. The 

 central part of the back is dark, and the pointed 

 projection brownish-red. It feeds on the dog-wood 

 (Cornus Florida, Linn.), oak, and other trees. It 

 was observed by Abbot to make its web on the 14th 

 of September, and the moth appeared July 22. He 

 states that it is not common, though found in Vir- 

 ginia as well as Georgia. It occurs also in Surinam, 

 and probably in many other parts of America. 



LIMACODES MICILIA. 



PLATE XXII. Fig. 2. 



Cramer, Pap. Exot., pi. 228, fig. G. 



Expansion of the wings nearly two inches. Wings 

 brilliant blue ; the superior pair with a small white 

 transparent streak towards the base, a large angular 

 transverse white space in the middle, and an oval 

 spot of the same description near the apex ; under 

 wings having a broad white stripe running through 

 the middle from the base nearly to the hinder mar- 

 gin. The body is blue and glossy; antennae plu- 

 mose : legs red. 



The caterpillar (Plate XXII. fig. 1) is thick and 

 fleshy, and of large size compared with the perfect 



