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draw over a part of the leaf, and thus form a little tent 
beneath which the caterpillar lives. It devours the skin and 
pulpy substance of the leaf, without touching the under 
skin ; and, when it has exhausted the part under its tent, it 
removes to another place, and makes a larger habitation as 
before. Very young caterpillars, which are distinguished by 
their darker color as well as their inferior size from the 
older ones, cover themselves with a very small portion of the 
leaf, and are principally protected by means of the silken 
tent. The full-grown caterpillar is about one inch and a 
half long. Its head is black, its feet reddish, its body striped 
with black and yellow interrupted lines, with about seven 
branched spines, of a white color tipped with black, on each 
segment except the ffrst, those on the fore part of the body 
being more obscure than the rest. These caterpillars fre- 
quently suspend themselves to the plants on which they live, 
and they seldom wander far in search of a place wherein to 
prepare for transformation. The chrysalis varies in color, 
being most often brown, with golden or brassy spots on the 
sides and back, sometimes entirely golden, and sometimes 
white with a silvery lustre. The chrysalis state lasts from 
eleven to fourteen days. The butterflies appear from the 
middle to the end of July, and are found on the flowers of 
thistles and other plants. I have also found them early in 
May, and as late as the month of August. 
Cynthia Hunter a, Fab. Hunter’s Butterfly, (big. 119.) 
Wings tawny above, variegated and spotted with black and 
white ; hind wings marbled and streaked beneath, with two 
large eye-like spots near the hind margin. 
Expands from 2J 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. Mr. Abbot says that they 
live on a species of everlasting ( Ghnaplialium patycephaluni) 
also. They, as well as the chrysalids, are very much like 
