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NYMPHALIDAE 
first laid the egg is a greenish-ochreous, gradually deepening in 
colour, and when a week old it is pinkish-buff or pale apricot 
colour ; it gradually becomes duller and remains so all through 
the winter, but it darkens still more previous to hatching, 
when it becomes a dark smoky-grey with a dark purplish 
crown, produced by the head of the larva within, which shows, 
but less plainly, during the previous autumn, as the larva is 
apparently perfectly formed in the egg about a month after 
depositing. In normal springs, the eggs hatch at the end of 
March, after remaining eight months in the egg state. 
Larva. When fully grown after its fifth moult the larva 
measures 38 mm. long. It is almost of uniform thickness 
throughout, tapering 
only slightly at the 
ends. There are two 
types of colouring in 
the larvae, both 
equally common. The 
lighter type has the 
ground colour a light 
ochreous-brown, var¬ 
iegated with black 
markings outlined 
with cream-white and 
white ; those on the 
dorsal surface are of 
velvety-black, forming a double longitudinal series ; the sides 
are densely freckled with cream-coloured specks ; the spines 
are long and all are light-red as well as the spinelets and 
bristles covering the head, body, legs and claspers. The 
darker type has the entire colouring of a much deeper hue, 
and the spines are brown-pink. 
The larvae are very active and feed rapidly, especially in 
the sunshine. The larval state lasts about nine weeks. 
Pupa. The pupa measures about 20 mm. long. Dorsal 
view. — The head is almost square in front, slightly rounded 
at the sides; the wings are angular and bulging at the base 
of the inner margin, then sunken and again swollen at the 
hind angle ; the abdomen is attenuated and angular at the 
seventh segment and terminates in a point. The general 
The High Brown Fritillary (albino ab.). 
