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Eody above striped transversely with alternate black, yellow and white 

 stripes — the white occupying the body of each segment, with a wide black 

 stripe down the centre — the yellow chiefly between segments. On the third 

 segment are two long black fleshy horns, and on the twelfth two others of a 

 similar character, but shorter and not quite so robust. 



Under surface black with a greenish flesh color between most of the seg- 

 ments, feet black, tipped with greenish, all excepting the posterior pair having 

 a large white spot at their base outside. 



The chrysalis is about an inch long, cylindrical, bright green, with two 

 oval gold spots in front, one on each side the antenna3. A row of eleven 

 gold dots, varying in size,|encircles the lower portion ; and a second row above 

 of closely set gold spots, almost a continuous line edged anteriorly with black, 

 is situated about the base of the moveable segments. Base of chrysalis 

 black with several black dots about it. 



I have never met with the larva of any Ai'gi/nnis or Melitœa at large, 

 although diligent search has often been made for them. The larva of A. 

 aphrodite has been found by my esteemed friend D. W. Beadle, of St. Catha- 

 rines, feeding on the wild violet in the early part of June. On the 30th of 

 June, I once found attached to the under side of a log, a pupa of A. cyhele, 

 which produced the imago in two or three days afterwards. The full grown 

 larva of aplirodite and cyhele, may be looked for between the 5th and 15th 

 of June. According to Mr. Beadle, they secrete themselves during the day 

 under pieces of chip or rubbish. 



Vanessa Antiopa. — Larva taken full grown June 20th, feeding on willow. 



Length two inches. Head medium size, strongly bilobed, black with a 

 few whitish hairs and roughened with small black tubercles. Body above 

 black, thickly covered with small white dots, from each of which arises a fine 

 whitish hair. A dorsal row of eight irregular spots or patches of a bright 

 brick-red color, with two faint blackish dots on each. Spines black, rather 

 long and slightly branching, four each on second and third segments, six on 

 fourth and fifth, and seven on each from sixth to twelfth inclusive — the 

 seventh spine on sixth segment is very small. Terminal segment with two 

 pairs of short spines, one pair behind the other. Under surface similar to 

 upper, with rather fewer white dots and hairs — feet black, lighter colored at 

 base — prolegs dull red, with two small black dots and a few whitish hairs on 

 the outside of each, excepting the terminal pair which are black, tipped 

 with red. 



This species passes the winter in the imago state, they appear with the 

 first warm sunny days of spring, hovering in numbers about the sappy 

 stumps of recently cut trees. About the middle of June, the imago becomes 



