. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. THE (iKNERA OF CIIRYSOPIIANIDI. 971 are mueli more nearly allied than to tiic Tlicclidi. Many of the species frequent moist, hoggy places, while others rejoice in the full blaze of the sun in arid pastures or by the roadside. Their fliglit is quick, usually short, abrupt and rather infrequent; they seldom wander far; like some of their allies they are often very pugnacious, darting from their resting place at aay passing object. The inse
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. THE (iKNERA OF CIIRYSOPIIANIDI. 971 are mueli more nearly allied than to tiic Tlicclidi. Many of the species frequent moist, hoggy places, while others rejoice in the full blaze of the sun in arid pastures or by the roadside. Their fliglit is quick, usually short, abrupt and rather infrequent; they seldom wander far; like some of their allies they are often very pugnacious, darting from their resting place at aay passing object. The insects of tliis group are peculiar to the temperate regions. South of the tropics a single species occurs in South America, two or three arc found in New Zealand, and large numbers in Africa, though probably not apj)ertaining to genera represented in northern latitudes. The mass of the species, however, are found in the n )rthern hemisphere, and especially in the Old World. With one exception, the American genera are either identical with or very closely allied to those of Europe, and this resem- blance is most marked when the species of the western half of the conti- nent are compared with those of the Old World. The eggs are more or less echinoid shaped, generally covered with deep and regular depressions. They arc laid singly, though often a large number may be found upon the same plant. The larvae are shaped like an oblong, strongly convex shield, and like tlie Lyeaenidi they feed upon herbaceous plants, rarely, however, on Leguminosae, mosi, of them pre- ferring species of Rumex orotherPolygonaccae, and tiiey have been known to occur on Solidago and Viola ; in one instance, as we shall see, they are strictly carnivorous. The insects vary considerably in the number of their generations, some being single, others double, and a few even triple brooded ; some pass the winter in th egg state, others in the clu-ysalis, and one or two, it is thought, may winter as caterpillars ; the
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