_Caterpillar._--In its mature stage the caterpillar is short, slug-shaped, covered with a multitude of bristling hairs, upon which it gathers the white exudations or scales of the mealy bugs upon which it feeds. [Illustration FIG. 134.--Neuration of the genus _Feniseca_, enlarged.] _Chrysalis._--Small, brown in color; when viewed dorsally showing a remarkable and striking likeness to the face of a monkey, a singular phenomenon which also appears even more strikingly in chrysalids of the allied genus _Spalgis_, which is found in Africa and Asia. But one species of the genus is known. (1) =Feniseca tarquinius=, Fabricius, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 21, ♂; Plate V, Figs. 45, 46, _chrysalis_ (The Harvester). _Butterfly._--The upper side of the wings is well depicted in the plate. There is considerable variation, however, in the size of the black markings upon the upper surface, and I have specimens in which they almost entirely disappear. On the under side the wings are paler; the spots of the upper side reappear, and, in addition, the hind wings are mottled profusely with small pale-brown spots. Expanse, 1.30 inch. _Early Stages._--What has been said of these in the description of the genus will suffice for the species. This curious little insect, which finds its nearest allies in Asia and Africa, ranges all over the Atlantic States from Nova Scotia to the Carolinas, and throughout the valley of the Mississippi. Genus CHRYSOPHANUS, Doubleday (The Coppers) "Atoms of color thou hast called to life (We name them butterflies) float lazily On clover swings, their drop of honey made By thee, dear queen, already for their need." MARY BUTTS. _Butterfly._--Small butterflies, with the upper side of the wings some shade of coppery-red or orange, frequently glossed with purple. On the under side the wings are marked with a multitude of small spots and lines. The neuration of the wing is delineated in the figure herewith given, and needs no further description. _Egg._--The eggs are hemispherical, flattened on the base, the upper surface deeply pitted with polygonal or somewhat circular depressions. [Illustration FIG. 135.--Neuration of _Chrysophanus thoë_, enlarged. Typical of the genus.] _Caterpillar._--The caterpillars, so far as known, are decidedly slug-shaped, thickest in the middle, tapering forward and backward, and having a very small head. _Chrysalis._--The chrysalids are small, rounded at either end, and held in place by a girdle of silk a little forward of the middle. This genus is found in the temperate regions of both the New and the Old World, and also in South Africa. (1) =Chrysophanus arota=, Boisduval, Plate XXIX, Fig. 1, ♂; Fig. 2, ♀ (Arota).