40 LIMENITIS SIBYLLA. 



round, arid very projecting process on the back, and 

 from thence to the anal tip the abdomen is slightly 

 sinuous, and therefore hangs a little on one side ; two 

 flat-forked processes project from the head. Its colour 

 at first is a greenish-white, but it gradually darkens, 

 and in a few days the thorax and wing-cases are deep 

 olive-green, the centre of the back of the abdomen 

 bright apple-green, its tip and underside being dark 

 brown, which forms on the back a broad band, including 

 the flat circular prominence at its termination^ The 

 hare's-ear-like projections at the head are also dark 

 brown, the nervures of the wings can be seen distinctly ; 

 the portions that at first appeared quite white have now 

 been transmuted into metallic adornments ; a brilliant 

 golden streak divides the brown colour from the green 

 of the wings, commencing on each side of the back 

 of the thorax, and a golden spot is seen on each side the 

 tip of the tail; three silvery spots decorate the underside 

 of the abdomen, and the head and its prominences are 

 embellished both above and beneath with similar spots 

 and streaks. (W. B., 6, 67 ; E.M.M. IY, 33.) 



Some years ago Limenitis Sibylla was plentiful 

 enough in the woods in this vicinity, and thinking I 

 could at any time study its history, I postponed any 

 attempt to obtain its egg or larva until I should have 

 worked out other species sent to me from a distance 

 and which I could not hope to have always at 

 hand. 



But since that horribly cold and wet season of 1860- 

 61, I have never seen a single specimen ; and appa- 

 rently, as far as this locality is concerned, Sibylla (and 

 I may add Apatura Iris also) was then exterminated. 



However, through the kindness of Mr. C. Gr. Barrett, 

 and his indefatigable exertions whilst at Haslemere, I 

 have been able to study and figure the larva, my notes 

 on its appearance when full grown, as well as in the 

 pupa [being those given above], having been already 

 published (E.M.M. IY, 33), and I would now offer 

 some account of it at an earlier stage, not as being 



