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Bears two prominent dorsal spines. Each spine 1.4 mm. 
long. Club-shaped and bears long and short black hairs 
(Fig. 10). The long hairs are serrate. Body 6 mm. long. 
Shiny transparent, diamine brown. Anal segment fre- 
quently yellowish. Body later becomes dark shiny Danube 
green except for the last two segments. There are no con- 
spicuous spines on segment one. Segments two and three 
have but one spine in the pleural region in addition to para- 
dorsal spines. The mid-dorsal spines are lacking. The re- 
maining segments bear mid-dorsal, para-dorsal, suprastig- 
matal, and infrastigmatal spines. The anal segment bears 
two mid-dorsal spines. All these spines are black. 
Third Instar 
Head height 1.3 mm. ; head width 1.5 mm. Shiny black. 
Club-shaped dorsal spines 3 mm. long. Hairs longer and 
more numerous. Body length 10 to 13 mm. Body exceed- 
ingly dark chocolate to shiny black. Para-dorsal row of 
spines possesses large orange, fleshy bases (Fig. 2). Other- 
wise no change from preceding instar. 
Fourth Instar 
Head height 1.8 mm. ; head width 2.0 mm. Dorsal spines 
now 6 mm. long. Body length 15 to 19 mm. No noticeable 
change from previous instar. 
Eggs laid singly on the underside of leaves of Blechum 
blechum on May 4 emerged four days later on May 8. The 
butterfly oviposited only on seedlings. The young larvae 
ate the entire egg shell and for the duration of the first in- 
star ate the epidermal hairs of the food plant. The first 
instar was of three days’ duration with moulting occurring 
May 11. The second instar required three days and the 
third, four days. 
Anteos clorinde nivifera Fruhstorfer 
Egg 
Color varies from very light greenish to yellowish. It 
may be white. Length 1.5 mm. Greatest diameter .45 mm. 
There are on the average fourteen longitudinal ribs. Only 
every other one extends to the tip of the egg. All are joined 
by many parallel cross striations which at the apex of the 
