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an inverted Y and U-shaped mark, the former being the nearest to 
the jaws. Length, If inches. Feeds on various kinds of Milk¬ 
weeds (. Asclepias and Acerates). June to September. Suspends itself 
by the hind feet. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
4— Limenitis Ursula and 
disippus. —Segments 1 and 
2 pale flesh or ashen pink; 
segments 3, 4, 5 and 6 and 
the sides of segment 7 
brownish, or greenish; top 
of segments 7 and 9 and 
nearly the whole of seg¬ 
ment 8 pale pinkish flesh, 
or whitish; sides of seg¬ 
ment 9 and nearly the 
whole of the last three seg¬ 
ments brownish, or green¬ 
ish ; a pale flesh or whitish 
§Fig. 59.—Liminits disippus. Larva, pupa and work, stigmatal stripe. On top 
of segment 2 are two barb¬ 
ed, club-shaped, brown horns; head very large; the face grooved 
vertically, the surface covered with tubercles, the top notched, the 
upper angles produced into a blunt tubercle. Length, 14 inches. 
Feeds on the Willow and Poplar. Found throughout the year. 
Suspends itself by the hind feet. (The caterpillars of these two 
butterflies are indistinguishable. D. W. Coquillett.) 
5— Citheronia regalis. —Body green, transversely banded with pale 
blue; on each side of segment 3 is a large bluish black spot; on 
each segment is a transverse row of six or eight spines, beset by 
black points; two of these spines on segment 1, and four, on each of 
the segments 2 and 3 are larger than the others, and a deep yel¬ 
low, tipped with black; the others are entirely black; head deep 
yellow. Length, 5 inches. Feeds on Walnut, Sumac, Butternut, 
Persimmon and Hickory. Enters the earth. (T. W. Harris.) 
6— Phyciocles harrisii. —Body ringed with black and yellow, or red¬ 
dish brown; on the middle of each segment is a transverse black 
band, on which is a row of black spines, thickly beset with black 
hairs, and sometimes having a blue basal annulation; in front of 
this band is a black ring, and behind it are two black rings; black 
dorsal stripe; last two segments nearly black; sometimes a yellow¬ 
ish stigmatal ridge; head black, covered with short hairs; the lobe 
somewhat pointed. Length 1 inch. Feeds on Aster and Diplopap- 
pus umbellatus. Suspends itself by the hind feet. (W. H. Edwards.) 
7— Argynnis idalia. —Body black, marked with transverse yellow 
lines; a yellow, brownish or white dorsal stripe, in the middle of 
which is sometimes an interrupted black line; a dark yellow stig¬ 
matal stripe; last segment entirely yellow; on each segment is a 
transverse row of spines, which are beset with black bristles; the 
two spines on the top of each segment are silver white, tipped with 
black; the other spines are smaller, yellowish, the base usually 
orange; head slightly hairy, the upper half reddish, the lower half 
black, or wholly light brown. Length 1| inches. Feeds on Violets. 
October to July. Suspends itself by the hind feet. (W. H. Edwards.) 
