146 THE ANCHISES BUTTERFLY. 
of the caterpillars of the Anchises Butterfly, col- 
lected together in groups, and adhering to each other 
like snails. Their colour is brown, the annulations 
heing intersected by numerous white longitudinal 
stripes; and, when touched, they protrude from 
their front a pair of soft, yellowish horns, as if to 
defend themselves, or to attack their enemies. 
Madam Merian kept some of these caterpillars on 
lemon leaves till the 20th March ; at that period 
they changed into a chrysalis, out of which, on the 
2d of April, proceeded the Butterfly. 
