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THECLA II. 
Strigosa has also been taken in Massachusetts ; at Thornton, New Hampshire ; 
and at Coalburgh, W. Va., hut seems to be rarer than most species of the genus. 
The plant represented in the plate is Silene Virginica, and is not uncommon 
among the mountains of West Virginia, flowering in May. 
The larva of this species is thus described by Mr. Wm. Saunders. 
“ Taken when bush-beating, June 13th, 1866 (London, Ontario,) upon a spe- 
cies of Crataegus. 
Length one-half inch. Head greenish-brown. Body flattened, sloping ab- 
ruptly at sides ; color velvet-green, with a deeper colored dorsal stripe ; anterior 
edge of second segment yellowish-brown with a few darker dots ; middle segment 
laterally striped with two or three faint yellow oblique lines ; the last two segments 
have each a lateral yellow patch ; from the fifth to terminal a faint yellow basal line ; 
under surface bluish-green. 
Changed to chrysalis June 19th. 
Length of pupa .37. Form nearly oval ; head-case rounded ; body dark red- 
dish-brown with black markings, and thickly covered with fine hairs ; anterior 
segments with many black patches ; a dark ventral line from 6th to 12th segment.” 
