34 LEPIDOPTERA. 



nose, and on the back are two rows of very sharp tuber- 

 cles of a golden color." (i, 258; 2, 295). 



Vanessa Antiofia. Linn, is a well known representa- 

 tive of this genus. The butterfly is large ; the wings 

 are velvety purplish brown above, with a yellowish 

 terminal band, which is preceded by a row of violet 

 blue spots. The under side of the wings is dark with 

 wavy lines of deeper color, and a small central grayish 

 point on each wing. Expands three inches. 



This is one of the first butterflies to be seen in 

 the spring, as it hibernates in the perfect state, and 

 leaves its winter quarters during the first warm days 

 of the season. The eggs are laid, during May, in 

 clusters, around the twigs of those trees upon the 

 leaves of which the larvae feed. The per.fect insects 

 are developed during July (July 5th, 1873). A second 

 brood appears in September. The larvae are common 

 on elm and willow ; they also feed upon poplar and 

 Balm of Gilead. 



Grapia is a genus closely related to the preceding, 

 " from which it may be distinguished by its more ex- 

 cised and angular wings, and its less hairy palpi. All 

 the known species have the upper surface more or less 

 brightly fulvous, spotted with black ; lower surface 

 crowded and veined with different shades of brown ; 

 the secondaries have a more or less angular silvery or 

 pale golden mark, resembling sometimes the letter L 

 or C." 



Grapta comma Harris is the most abundant Grapta 

 at Ithaca. It may be recognized by having a silvery 

 comma in the middle of the hinder wings. The lar- 

 vE feed on hop, elm, ambrosia, and nettle. The but- 

 terflies appear early in the spring in company with 

 Va n cssa Ant iopa . 



