. The American entomologist and botanist. ( uloi^—Black and ?v^llltl this butterfly enjoys a wide geographical range,extending from Texas on the southwest, Mis-souri on tlic west, and the mouth of the IlcdRiver of the North on the northwest, as far asConnecticut, and the Southern Atlantic Stateson the east.* But while the species is scarcein the more northern States, it abounds in manyof the southern States, where it takes the placeof the species described in the above paper. Itoften proves exceedingly injurious, and welearn from one of our IVIississippi exchangesthat there were last year thou
. The American entomologist and botanist. ( uloi^—Black and ?v^llltl this butterfly enjoys a wide geographical range,extending from Texas on the southwest, Mis-souri on tlic west, and the mouth of the IlcdRiver of the North on the northwest, as far asConnecticut, and the Southern Atlantic Stateson the east.* But while the species is scarcein the more northern States, it abounds in manyof the southern States, where it takes the placeof the species described in the above paper. Itoften proves exceedingly injurious, and welearn from one of our IVIississippi exchangesthat there were last year thousands of dollarsworth of cabbages devastated and ruined byworms in the neighborhood of Corinth. AVeare furthermore told, that cabbages could not,in consequence, be had there even at ten centsper head. The worm refeiTed to, was doubt-less the species under consideration. It aboundsin many parts of Missouri, and especially in thetruck gardens around large cities, where itproves quite destructive to the cabbages. [Fig. 54.]. Colors—(a) Gvcenish-l)lii(, yellow and black; (6) lightbluish-gray. The larva (Fig. 54 a), may be summarily de-scribed as a soft worm, of a greenish-blue color,with four longitudinal yellow stripes, and cov-ered with black When newly hatched it • See Proc. Boat. See. Nat Hist., VIII, 1801, p. ISO. t We annex a full description of this larva for the benefitof our scientific friends: Average length when Aill inches. Cylindrical. Middle scginents lai-gest. Mostcommon ground-color green verging onto blue; sometimesClear pale-blueand at others deep nidigo or segment with six transverse wrinkles, of which thefirst and fourth arc somewhat wider than the others. Four darker is of a uniform orange color with a black head,but it becomes dull brown before tlje tirst moult,though the longitudinal stripes and black spotsare only visible after said moult has taken chrysalis (Fig. f>i h), averages inchin length, and
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