IiELICONIA I. 
the antennae cases are dark; abdomen varied in longitudinal streaks, confined to 
each segment, dark and light brown, with some oblique whitish marks on the ven¬ 
tral side. (Figs, g, < 7 2 ’ 3 ’ 4 .) Duration of this stage 6 to 7 days. 
Charitonia is common in parts of Florida, as at Indian River, and is found 
along the Atlantic coast at least as far northward as Port Royal, S. C. Many 
years ago, I received examples from Mr. James Posted, St. Simon’s Island, Ga., 
and was informed that they were confined to one particular locality, a dense 
thicket. It is, however, a sub-tropical species, and it abounds in the Antilles and 
Central America. I cannot learn that any record exists of its preparatory stages 
prior to that given by me in the Canadian Entomologist, vol. xiii., p. 158, 1881. 
In 1878, 22d December, I received from Dr. A. W. Chapman, at Apalachicola, 
a chrysalis of Charitonia, of which he wrote : “ In a flower-pot, with a Geranium, 
sprung up a Passiflora suberosa, a tropical plant, the seeds of which I brought 
from South Florida, in 1875, and have since cultivated in my garden. About the 
middle of November, I discovered two caterpillars on the plant, one about one and 
a half inch long, the other smaller, — white, beset on the segments and head with 
slender black spines. Placing them in a glass jar, the larger one suspended in 
two days, the other a week later. On December 14th, the last gave butterfly, 
H. Charitonia. The other, which I send you, I fear is dead. I suppose they 
feed on any species of Passiflora, of which we have two native. Upon these the 
caterpillars of the few Charitonia seen here must have fed. The pupa is very 
singular, as you perceive, the projections from the head reminding one of the 
horns of some species of scarabseus, or the claws of a lobster. And then, the 
golden stripes over the abdominal segments, and the spreading plates behind 
them! ” 
I learned from Dr. Wm. Wittfeld that the butterfly was common at Indian 
River, and begged him to make observations on the caterpillars, and, if possible, 
obtain eggs. Thereupon, he set himself to examine carefully the leaves of Passi¬ 
flora, but for some time discovered nothing. At last a female was seen ovipositing 
on the tender, terminal leaves, and thenceforth there was no difficulty in finding 
eyafs. Females tied in bays over the ends of the stems laid abundantly, and several 
caterpillars were raised to chrysalis and butterfly. Attempts to get either eggs or 
caterpillars to me failed by reason of the leaves decaying in the mails. How¬ 
ever, I received caterpillars 30th August, 1880. Eggs had been sent, which 
hatched, and the caterpillars had passed their second moult when I received them. 
They throve on leaves of Passiflora coerulea, and the larval stages proceeded with 
rapidity, scarcely more than two days being required for each. 
Dr. Wittfeld states that on touching the chrysalis he observed that it gave out 
a creaking noise, wriggling about at the same time, and this is stated by Dr. Fritz 
