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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
hibernates over winter in a half-grown state, completing its growth 
the next season. The chrysalis is green. 
Neonymplia gemma. Upper and under side. 
An extremely delicate little butterfly is Neonymplia gemma. The 
wings are light grayish brown, slightly darker toward their outer 
margins, and are without markings, except two small spots of brown 
near the outer margin of each lower wing. On the under side the 
wings are crossed by two faint wavy lines of brown, and next their 
base are marked with a few short irregular brown lines. Next the 
outer margin of the lower wings, and bordered inwardly with a gray¬ 
ish pink area, is a row of four sharply-defined small black spots, each 
having a silvery centre. Several splashes of silver extend along the 
margin both above and below the row of spots. 
This insect is southern in its range, from Virginia southward. 
Neonymplia sosybius. Upper and under side. 
About the same size as the preceding species and of a brownish 
gray, with slightly pinkish reflections, is Neonymplia sosybius. The 
upper side is without spots or markings, except three faint lines 
along the outer margins. The under side is a much lighter gray, 
