. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. -likeappendages extending from the head. Color brown,marked with varying shades of the same, and some gray or whitish. This insect feeds on the passion-flower; and there aremany interesting things connected with its life and habits. Florida to South Carolina. SUBFAMILY DANAIN^.In this group the head is broad, the palpi far wings are ample, the discal cell of the fore wingsopen, but that of the hind wings closed, or with a veinacross the outer end of it. The larvse are cylmdrical,b
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. -likeappendages extending from the head. Color brown,marked with varying shades of the same, and some gray or whitish. This insect feeds on the passion-flower; and there aremany interesting things connected with its life and habits. Florida to South Carolina. SUBFAMILY DANAIN^.In this group the head is broad, the palpi far wings are ample, the discal cell of the fore wingsopen, but that of the hind wings closed, or with a veinacross the outer end of it. The larvse are cylmdrical,banded transversely, two fleshy appendages from the topof the joints near the end. The chrysalides are wellrepresented in Fig. 39. 144 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 33. Danais Plexippus, Linn. Expanse of wings from to inches. Upper surface tawny red or fulvous, with the veinslieavilj marked with black, a black terminal bordercontaining two rows of white spots, and a complete anda partial row of white or lighter fulvous spots in a blackspace beyond the cell of the fore wings. The males have FiQ. Danais Flexippus, male (natural size). a black spot beside the second median venule, near themiddle of the hind wings. The under side is paler than above, especially the hindwings, and the white spots are more prominent. Body black, with white spots. Usually the larva of this species is to be found onthe different species of milk-weed (Asclepias), but itfeeds on other plants of the order as well. When first deposited, the eggs are white, but in two or EASTERN UNITED STATES. 145 three days they turn yellow, and just before hatchingthey change to dull gray. They are somewhat conicalin form, and marked by about twenty-five longitudinal Fig. 37.
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