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LEPIDOPTERA. 
draw over a part of the leaf, and thus form a little tent 
beneath whicli the caterpillar lives. It devours the skin and 
pulpy substance of the leaf, Avithout touching the under 
skin; and, Avhen it has exhausted the part under its tent, it 
removes to another place, and makes a larger habitation as 
before. Very young caterpillars, Avhich are distinguished by 
tlieir darker color as Avell as their inferior size from the 
older ones, cover themselves Avith a A^ery small portion of the 
leaf, and are principally protected by means of the silken 
tent. The full-groAvn caterpillar is about one inch and a 
half long. Its head is black, its feet reddish, its body striped 
Avith black and yelloAV interrupted lines, Avith about seA^en 
branched spines, of a Avhite color tipped Avith black, on each 
segment except the first, those on the fore part of the body 
being more obscure than the rest. These caterpillars fre¬ 
quently suspend themseK^es to the plants on Avhich they Ih^e, 
and they seldom AA^ander far in search of a place AAdierein to 
prepare for transfoinnation. The chrysalis A^aries in color, 
being most often broAvn, with golden or brassy spots on the 
sides and back, sometimes entirely golden, and sometimes 
Avhite Avith a sih^ery lustre. The 
eleA^’en to fourteen days. The butterflies appear from the 
middle to the end of July, and are found on the floAvers of 
thistles and other plants. I liaA^e also found them early in 
]May, and as late as the month of August. 
Cynthia Iluntera^ Fab. Hunter’s Butterfly. (Fig. 119.) 
Wings taAvny aboA^e, A^ariegated and spotted Avith black and 
AAdute: hind AAnno-s marbled and streaked beneath, Avith tAvo 
large eye-like spots near the hind margin. 
Expands from to 2J inches. 
The caterpillars are found on the same plants as those of 
the thistle butterfly, and particularly on the burdock and 
cotton-thistle in June and July. IMr. Abbot says that they 
live on a species of everlasting (Gnaplialium pohjccphalum') 
also. They, as Avell as the chrysalids, are very much like 
chiysalis state lasts from 
