. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 28 INJUEIOUS IN"SECTS. Fig. 31. SOnTHEEN CABBAGE BnTTEEFLT.—FEMAIB. a soft worm, of a greenish-blue color, with four longitu- dinal yellow stripes, and covered with black dots. When newly hatched it is of a uniform orange color with a black head, but it becomes dull-brown before the first moult, though the longitudinal stripes and black spots are only visible after said moult has taken place. The chrysalis (fig. 30, l.), averages inch in length, and is as variable in depth of ground-col- or, as
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. 28 INJUEIOUS IN"SECTS. Fig. 31. SOnTHEEN CABBAGE BnTTEEFLT.—FEMAIB. a soft worm, of a greenish-blue color, with four longitu- dinal yellow stripes, and covered with black dots. When newly hatched it is of a uniform orange color with a black head, but it becomes dull-brown before the first moult, though the longitudinal stripes and black spots are only visible after said moult has taken place. The chrysalis (fig. 30, l.), averages inch in length, and is as variable in depth of ground-col- or, as the larva. The general color is light bluish-gray, more or less intensely speck- led with black, with the ridges and promi- nences edged with buff or with flesh-color, and having larger black dots. The female butterfly (fig. 21), differs remarkably from the male represented at figure 22. It wiU be seen, upon comparing these fig- ures that the female is altogether darker than the male. This sexual difference in appearance is purely eolorational, however, and there should not be the difference in the form of the wings southeen oabbIge ^. which the two figures would indicate, for the hind wings in our male cut are altogether too short and rounded. This insect may be found in all its different stages through the months of July, August, and September. It. 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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