PHYCIODES I., II. 
discoloration at the end of the cell; the marginal cloud narrow and dark, con¬ 
cealing the crescents; at the angles the crescents are of the color of the ground; 
in some examples the middle crescent on the cloud is silvered; in some also the 
cloud is reduced to a mere shade along the margin. There is little variation in 
the male, but much in the female. Some of these are like the male, the reticu¬ 
lated lines stronger, and a slight costal patch present; the cloud as in the male. 
I designate this variety as A. (Figs. 1, 2.) Yar. B has the lines heavy, the 
costal patch conspicuous and dark, and a similar but larger one on middle of 
disk; the cloud diffuse. (Fig. 3.) This resembles Yar. D, Marcia. 
Many examples of the summer brood of Moiyheus are very melanic on upper 
side, especially those from the Catskill Mountains; the black being intense, while 
the discal band on primaries is pale yellow. (Fig. 4.) 
A third variety, C, I have received from both Georgia and Texas, taken in May 
and August. On the upper side the fulvous is bright; the lines are fine and the 
meshes open; on the under side, secondaries are without patch or cloud, any 
dark shade being limited to the middle crescents on the edge of the margin: 
the submarginal lines on both wings dark and heavy, and the reticulations either 
faint or obsolete. (Fig. 5.) I have not observed this variety in more northern 
examples. 
Egg. — Conoidal, truncated, depressed at summit, rounded at base, the lower 
half indented like a thimble, the excavations being shallow and arranged in close 
and regular rows; the upper half smooth, with about fifteen slightly raised ver¬ 
tical ribs, terminating at the rim above; color pale green. (Figs, a, a 2 , magni¬ 
fied.) Duration of this stage four to seven days. 
Y oung Larva. — Length .06 inch; cylindrical, largest anteriorly, the seg¬ 
ments each well-rounded; sparsely pilose, the hairs black, and on the anterior 
segments directed forward; color yellow-green clouded with brown; head obo- 
vate, deeply cleft; pilose ; color dark brown. (Fig. b, magnified.) Duration of 
this stage five to six days. 
After first moult: length .1 inch; cylindrical, stoutest in the middle segments; 
armed with seven rows of short, fleshy, brown spines, each thickly set with short, 
concolored bristles; there is also at the base of body a row of small spines, sim¬ 
ilar to the others, one on each segment from the third, and over the pro-legs two 
on each; on the second segment a dorsal collar, with minute spines; body 
striped longitudinally with light and dark brown and sordid white ; the dorsum 
light brown edged with white, and on this brown area two interrupted white 
streaks; on the side a dark brown stripe on light ground, and in line with the 
lower lateral spines a white ridge; under side, feet and legs brown ; head sub- 
cordate, the vertices rounded, and across each a gray band; another gray band 
