Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops: for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists . were white, mottled or striped with grey orashen, and with red spiracles. The chrysalis is brownish gray or white, variegated withpale brown, and ornamented with gold on the tubercles. Thefly appears in May, July, August and September. In the colderand mountainous portions of New England and New York,these species are replaced by the Grapta Fannus of Edwards,. PAPILIONII)^. 261 who states that comparing Faunas with c-albam, the formeris deeper co
Guide to the study of insects, and a treatise on those injurious and beneficial to crops: for the use of colleges, farm-schools, and agriculturists . were white, mottled or striped with grey orashen, and with red spiracles. The chrysalis is brownish gray or white, variegated withpale brown, and ornamented with gold on the tubercles. Thefly appears in May, July, August and September. In the colderand mountainous portions of New England and New York,these species are replaced by the Grapta Fannus of Edwards,. PAPILIONII)^. 261 who states that comparing Faunas with c-albam, the formeris deeper colored by many degrees ; it is one-fifth larger, theblack spots and margins much heavier, and, owing to this andthe depth of the ground-color, the general hue of the surface ismuch darker than either c-album or any of the American spe-cies. The under side of G. Faaiius is beautifully marbled inseveral colors. The genus Pymmeis differs from Vanessa in having thewings simply scalloped, not notched ; beneath, they are notmarked with metallic colors, and the long, tapering palpi curveupward. The larvae are covered with branched spines, corre-sponding in size, and often wanting on the first and last seg-ments ; the head is heart-shaped. They are solitary, hidingunder a rolled leaf or spinning a slight web, and hang by thehind feet alone when about to transform. The chrysalids areangular on the sides, with two or three lateral rows of sharp,golden tubercles, and a short, thick tubercle on the top of thetho
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