. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 296 LEPIDOPTERA. profile somewhat lite a Roman nose; and on the back are two rows of very sharp tubercles of a golden color. The caterpillars are cylindrical, and armed with branching spines ; they live in company, at least during the early period of their existence, and do not conceal themselves under a web or within a folded leaf. Vanessa Antiopa, L. Antiopa (Fig. 121.) Wings purplish brown above, with a broad buff-yellow margin, near the inner edge of which there is a row of pale blue spots. Expands from
. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. 296 LEPIDOPTERA. profile somewhat lite a Roman nose; and on the back are two rows of very sharp tubercles of a golden color. The caterpillars are cylindrical, and armed with branching spines ; they live in company, at least during the early period of their existence, and do not conceal themselves under a web or within a folded leaf. Vanessa Antiopa, L. Antiopa (Fig. 121.) Wings purplish brown above, with a broad buff-yellow margin, near the inner edge of which there is a row of pale blue spots. Expands from 3 to 3J inches. This butterfly passes the winter in some sheltered place in a partially torpid state. I have found it in mid-winter Fig. sticking to the rafters of a barn, and in the crevices of walls and stone-heaps,, huddled together in great numbers, with the wings doubled together above the back, and apparently benumbed and lifeless; but it soon recovers its activity on being exposed to warmth. It comes out of its winter quar- [8 This is one of the few butterflies common to this country and Europe, and has probably been introduced here. — Mokbis.]. 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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