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face and a shorter one of the same color each side of it. Feeds on 
Enanthus alopecuroides, in a leaf of which it wraps itself. The 
chrysalis is narrow, greenisli-white, black at head and last segment. 
The butterflies appear in August. 
Pamphila sassacus, Scudd. 
This larva is green, head brown. Feeds on scrub-grass. The P. 
peckius, Kirby, also feeds on grass. 
Pamphila mystic, Edw. 
The young larva measures '.10 of an inch in length; it is of a 
yellowish-white color, more brownish posteriorly; head black, much 
larger than the second segment; in the full-grown the body is of a 
semi-transparent brownish-green, covered with minute whitish hairs, 
and sprinkled with dark colored dots; second segment with a whitish 
band across the top, the terminal segments paler than the rest of 
the body. Head dull reddish-brown, edged with black posteriorly; 
feet whitish, under surface paler than upper. Feeds on grass. 
Atrytone hobomok. 
The young larva of this species measures about .10 of an inch in 
length; it feeds on grass on the inside of the leaves near the joints, 
drawing portions of them together with silk threads; when placed 
on a strong ribbed blade, the edge of which it cannot bend, it spins 
a few threads from rib to rib, behind which it remains. 
Nisoniades lucilius, Lintner. 
The young larva is about .30 of an inch long, of a yellowish- 
green color, translucent, allowing the internal organs to be seen; 
a blue-green vascular line; body covered with numerous white spots 
and downy hairs; when full grown it measures .8 of an inch in 
length; two brown spots on the head; thoracic feet tipped with 
fuscous; pro-legs green. Chrysalis brown, somewhat transparent, 
growing less so, though never completely opaque. 
It is two-brooded, possibly three. Butterflies found from May to 
September. 
Feeds on Aquilegia canadensis. 
Nisoniades juvenalis, F&b. 
But little is known of the larva of this species; it is of a green 
color, with pale stripes. Head brown, heart-shaped. Chrysalis 
green, covered by a cocoon of leaves and threads. Feeds on 
Glycine, Lathyrus, Wild Indigo, and various Oaks. 
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