166 HIPPARCHIA JANIRA. 



in the subdorsal region comes a darker thread, followed 

 below — first by a paler line, then a dark one again, and 

 then another pale one; the spiracular line is more 

 yellowish-green. The full-grown larva is green, 

 with darker dorsal line, and paler subdorsal and 

 spiracular lines. 



The pupa is suspended by the tail, and has two 

 varieties of coloration, green and a very dark brown. 

 It has a short, stout, flattened anal spike, the tip of 

 which is thickly set with pale, curled spines ; leading 

 up to it on the ventral side is a sort of scutcheon, but 

 not prominent, bearing on its higher edge two tiny 

 knobs ; the tip of the proboscis, though lying close to 

 the abdomen, is really free from it for about the length 

 of l\ mm. (J. H., 12, 10, 85.) 



HlPPARCHIA JANIRA. 



Plate V, fig. 1 . 



I have bred this species, but have nothing that I 

 can say for certain about it, except that it hibernates 

 in the larval stage ; I have several times taken the 

 larvae feeding upon grasses in the spring. The full- 

 grown larva is full green, with darker dorsal line, and 

 the two anal points pink. 



For pupation the larva suspends itself by the tail ; 

 at the change the shrivelled skin remains enveloping 

 the tail of the pupa, and supporting it. The pupa is 

 stout, the head with two little horns ; the tail ends in 

 a short, stout curved spike, on the tip of which are a 

 few straight feeble bristles, quite unfit for suspending 

 it; on the ventral surface close to this spike is a 

 scutcheon of a somewhat rounded form, with a central 

 cicatrice, and on the front edge two little projecting 

 knobs, which with the spike no doubt keep a hold on 

 the cast larva skin. The colour is green, with some 

 brown spots and lines. Boisduval has figured the 



