. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. I50 THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. border through which runs a wavy line of red. Along the edge of the hind wing are six oblong spots. Near the tip of each fore wing is a round black spot within a bluish white line. At the centre of each wing on the female there is an oblong reddish-white spot surrounded by a line. Attacus Promethia. of black. These same spots may be seen very faintly on the under side of the male, but never on the upper side. " The Arctia Acrea, or Beach moth, is a small but very pretty variety, no
. The butterfly hunters. Lepidoptera -- New England Juvenile literature; Insects. I50 THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. border through which runs a wavy line of red. Along the edge of the hind wing are six oblong spots. Near the tip of each fore wing is a round black spot within a bluish white line. At the centre of each wing on the female there is an oblong reddish-white spot surrounded by a line. Attacus Promethia. of black. These same spots may be seen very faintly on the under side of the male, but never on the upper side. " The Arctia Acrea, or Beach moth, is a small but very pretty variety, now becoming quite common in our inland towns. Its home is on the great salt marshes, but it is supposed that the chrysalids have been brought inland with loads of salt hay, and in this way it is fast becoming. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899. Boston, Ticknor and Fields
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