132 BLTTTERFLY COLLECTOR'S 



Ciiterpillar. 

 C/iri/salis. 



MELlTiEA PI A. 



IhUterfly. Wings rather indented, tawny, spotted witli 

 black; secondary underneath purple, spotted witli yellow 

 and silver, with a series of brown subocellated dots. 



Caterpillar. Black, clearer over the back, with a black 

 dorsal line, and whitish spines. 



< 'hrysalis. 



MELIT/EA MATURNA. 



Biitterjly. Wings rather indented, brown, l)anded witli 

 taNvny and yellow ; secondary tawny underneath, with three 

 yellow bands. 



Caterpillar. Head, body, and spines are black, over the 

 back and on each, side is a. large brimstone dotted stripe. 

 The dorsal stripe is divided by a black line. 



Chrysalis. Greenish white, spotted with yellow and black ; 

 with seven rows of yellow tubercles posteriorly. 



ARCYNNIS NIOBE. 



Butterfly Wings indented, yeUow, spotted with black, 

 and black at the base ; secondary underneath variegated 

 »vith femiginous, with silver (or yeUow) spots, and ferru- 

 ginous eyelets with silver pupils. 



Caterpillar. Broivnish, with orange-brown head and legs, 

 a white dorsal stripe powdered with black, between which 

 and the black lateral stripe is a whitish triangular spot. 



Chrysulia. 



