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stripes margined on the under side with black. The 
central part of the back is dark, and the pointed 
projection brownish-red. It feeds on the dog-wood 
( Cornu t Florida, Linn.), oak, and other trees. It 
was observed by Abbot to make its web on the 14th 
of September, and the moth appeared July 22. He 
states that it is not common, though found in Vir- 
ginia as well as Georgia. It occurs also in Surinam, 
and probably in many other parts of America. 
LIMACODES MICILIA. 
PLATE XXII. Fig. 2. 1 
Cramer, Pap. Exot., pi. 228, fig. G. 
Expansion of the wings nearly two inches. Wings 
brilliant blue ; the superior pair with a small white 
transparent streak towards the base, a large angular 
transverse white space in the middle, and an oval 
spot of the same description near the apex ; under 
wings having a broad white stripe running through 
the middle from the base nearly to the hinder mar- 
gin. The body is blue and glossy; antennse plu- 
mose : legs red. 
The caterpillar (Plate XXII. fig. 1) is thick and 
fleshy, and of large size compared with the perfect 
