. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. THE LAVINIA BUTTERFLY. 293 those of the preceding species. The butterflies appear in August and September. Fig. 119. Cynthia Lavinia,* Fab. Lavinia Butterfly. Wings dark brown above, each with a large and a small eye-like spot on both sides ; the fore wings with two orange- red spots near the middle of the front margin, and a large whitish band enclosing the hinder eye-like spots j hind wings with a reddish band near the hind margin. Expands from 2 to 2\ inches. The caterpillar is said to be blackish and dotted with wh
. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. THE LAVINIA BUTTERFLY. 293 those of the preceding species. The butterflies appear in August and September. Fig. 119. Cynthia Lavinia,* Fab. Lavinia Butterfly. Wings dark brown above, each with a large and a small eye-like spot on both sides ; the fore wings with two orange- red spots near the middle of the front margin, and a large whitish band enclosing the hinder eye-like spots j hind wings with a reddish band near the hind margin. Expands from 2 to 2\ inches. The caterpillar is said to be blackish and dotted with white, with the belly and legs tawny, and two white lines on each side, the uppermost one of which is spotted with tawny orange; the spines (of which there are two short ones on the head, besides those on the body) are black and branched. According to Mr. Abbot, it lives on the Canada snap-dragon (Antirrhinum Canadense), and remains in the chrysalis state sixteen days. The chrysalis resembles in form that of the two preceding species, but is said to be destitute of metal- lic spots. I took one of these butterflies in a meadow in Milton, on the 19th of August, 1827, and have never met with it since in this State. It is very common in the South- ern States throughout the whole of the summer. * Dr. Boisduval has described this insect under the specific name of 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 Harris, Thaddeus William, 1795-1856; Flint, Charles Louis, 1824-1889. Boston : William White, printer to the state
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