APATURA II. 
gieen, but many examples have the front black, or merely a black dot at the 
base; ocelh and mandibles black. (Figs. h\ If, heads of mature lame ) 
Chrysalis. - Closely resembles that of Celtis in shape and color; the sec 
ments of the abdomen are broader dorsally, making the keel one fourth longer 
anil the thoracic segments are proportionately shorter; the depression is less 
<1 uf'!l r aiKl the meS ° n0tUm 18 more «»»nded, while the head case is less pro- 
Length .9 inch (Fig j), » 1.1 inch (Fig. k) ■ compressed laterally; the outline 
of the under side irregularly convex, the wing cases being nearly flat • the abdo 
men prominent dorsally, circular, sharply carinated, the° anterfor edg of “ h 
segment on the keel produced and marked on either side by a shining black dot 
l thoiacic segments depressed from the end of the keel, the sides excavated to¬ 
wards the bases of the wings; the mesonotum rounded; the head case moderately 
produced, sub-conic; the palpi cases sharp and prominent; color yellow-green 
ie vmg cases and the whole under side pale bluish-green, mottled and inscribed 
with pale yellow; the neuration of the wings distinct; a yellow line passes alom- 
. d m and “ rks t0 tlle P a, P> cases; another borders the posterior ed<-e o°f 
the wing cases. Duration of this stage nine and ten days. 
Chjion inhabits much the same districts as Celtis, feeding in its larval state on 
e same tree, the Hackberry, Celtis occidental It is occasional in New trk 
and no doubt in New England, but the Valley of the Mississippi is its true home’ 
Newbu y rTN S Y ft 7^, Speo , imen ’ fresh froi “ chrysalis, in a thicket near 
u h, i\. \., and that is the only instance in which 1 have seen this butter¬ 
fly on the wing not having met with it even in West Virginia. I was much 
surprised therefore at finding in my garden, at Coalburgh, 4th July. 1374. on a 
O" ackberly, a large cluster of freshly deposited eggs of Clyton. They formed 
a rounded mass one quarter inch across, were closely packed and five or six 
I’foim 1 T P 5 m u f° Ut tW ° hundred W- ( Fi S- «•) Within the next two days 
of t e eaf° 'of fh''f t7 1 7^1 “ aU theSe CaS6S “P™ the under side 
It tile leal On 12th of July the larvae began to hatch, and in course of a few 
mills lad ett the shells and gathered in a dense group near by. They are in- 
t he Tlfi ref'mold t° It 1,1 77 7 “ P , *° th * time the y se P arate , ‘bat is, till after 
■1 id it is m,e of 1Cy r e . §ether ’ com P letel y concealing the leaf beneath, 
s ail, w Oke PeC lrit ‘ eS : 6Ven t0 maturit ^ that ^ey do not often lie 
I' * ht ’ but take : * smuous Position, and when in cluster as one curves so do 
those adjoining. Moreover they do not rest with heads all turned in the same 
direction and bodies m line or parallel, as is the habit of many species of ..-reo-i- 
| l0U " aiV ®’ bat the 7 term an irregular mass, the heads mostly outside andfront- 
mg 111 ^ dlrec “°u- ™s feature is correctly represented in the dustl, of 
