. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. tlio wlnjj is n 111 tie im'Kulnr, sliowlii^ n teiKlcncy to ciuToiu'liiiiciits of tlic bliick along the ncrviiros, but In sionornl prcservos n nearly striiiuht eourso almost parallel to tlic outer limit of tlioiiuior, broad, pale liand. tlioufih ^tencraily appr(>.ieliiiiiilta little more closely next the Inner than next the costal margin; the exterior limit of the band shows a similar tendency to encmaehment on the part of tlie black,
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. tlio wlnjj is n 111 tie im'Kulnr, sliowlii^ n teiKlcncy to ciuToiu'liiiiciits of tlic bliick along the ncrviiros, but In sionornl prcservos n nearly striiiuht eourso almost parallel to tlic outer limit of tlioiiuior, broad, pale liand. tlioufih ^tencraily appr(>.ieliiiiiilta little more closely next the Inner than next the costal margin; the exterior limit of the band shows a similar tendency to encmaehment on the part of tlie black, especially aliove the median ncrvnre, but as a whole it Is slighily curved, opening Inward; its lower termination is as far from the tip of the snbmodlan nervnle as the width of the'pale l)elt at this point; Its upiier crosses tlie base of tlie second superior subcostal nervide. Heyoiid this are two, short, narrow stripes : tlic lirst and longest is slender, passes from next the costal border to the upper median nervnle. aliove Is as br':,id as or slightly narrower tlian the upper limit of one of tiie forks of tiie broad, pale belt, narrows below nearly to a point, has its iHirders usually straisht, and Is sometimes l)roken Into sjiots by the presence of decks along the nervules it crosses; lieyond this tlu' iirindpal superior sub- costal interspace Is crossed l)y a narrow, sublnnnlate. transverse spot, midway between the last mentioned stripe and the snl) series of lunules to be described; this series is coiiii)oscd of spots which are more or less Ininilate below, quadrate and transverse above, forming a continuous, nearly straight belt, sut)parallel to the outer bordiT, broken only by the distinctly black nervules, and extenils downward from tlio third sui)erior subcostnl nervnle: Its exterior border us\ially i>resents a uniform gentle curve opening outward as far as the middle median uervnie. the exterior edge of each spot curving sliglitly and opening outward,
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