. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. LYCAEXINAE: THE (iENL'S EPIDEMIA. 983 Miilo nbiloiiiiiial appoiidajjos pretty cliiscly rcsoiiibliiig tli(j>i, .>£ Clirysdiilmiiiis, but the ulntions of the iippororiran aro bent noari'i-tlic base, appressed and notcoiiipros-icd, the Interval between tlieni V-shapecl; the hitcral arms aro relatively smaller, bent less strongly and loss reirnlarly taiierin.;;. (.'lasps witli a small l)Mllate liase, and beyond a very sloiuler. cloMjj;
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. LYCAEXINAE: THE (iENL'S EPIDEMIA. 983 Miilo nbiloiiiiiial appoiidajjos pretty cliiscly rcsoiiibliiig tli(j>i, .>£ Clirysdiilmiiiis, but the ulntions of the iippororiran aro bent noari'i-tlic base, appressed and notcoiiipros-icd, the Interval between tlieni V-shapecl; the hitcral arms aro relatively smaller, bent less strongly and loss reirnlarly taiierin.;;. (.'lasps witli a small l)Mllate liase, and beyond a very sloiuler. cloMjj;ate lamina, iiieurved at tip. Egg. Miieh more ronnded above than the below. I)eiii^' hiirher in proportion to breadth than in Chrysophanns. Cells sniall and nniform. the walls of nearly uniform height, a little elevated in rounded bosses at the lines of juncture. Mieropylc rosette occupyini; the Moor of a very deeply sunken well with vertical or c verhanging walls. Caterpillar at birth. (.)nly a dead and dried si)ecinien has 1)een seen,—not enough to distinguish it properly from Chrysophanns. Tills grou[) of smaller Clirysopliiinidi is niiR'li lietter represented in America than in Europe, and on l)i)th spreads from ocean to ocean ; it thus occupies a l)elt of al)out 15° of latitude, mostly north of 40° X. Lat. In Europe tliere are a couple of sj)ccics, one of which s])read8 across Asia as well, while in Anuricn we liavc three, one northern, one and c)ne western, besides a coii])le more western forms liehmoing to a distinct section of the genus, in which the lasal tarsal joint ot tlie males is not at all enlarged. In New England a single species occiu's, which to the north until it meets the northern sjiccics thought liy some to he rightfully considered the same. The huttei'riios are anu)ng the smallest of our coppers. The ground color of the upper surface of the front and hind wings is alike hoth in the male and in the female (at least in the
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