. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. w â¢â â â¢I ; '1 ' 1038 Till; HL'TTKIIFMKS OF NKU KNdLANl) ^ I IjiJ ;| '{â ft. Iciiiitli. Tlio miiliiii' ciite'rijillai's liuvc ii small lioiid uiul arc iiiiit'ornily oyliiidrical, rtlon(l('i'<'r tiiaii usual, and almost iiivarial)ly â ^iiarscly piloise, with very .*iiort iiairs : exotic species have loiiji', scattered hairs. They feed excliisi\ I'ly on p()ly|ietaloiis plants and almost wholly on Iie;;'nminosao and (Viicit'crae
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. w â¢â â â¢I ; '1 ' 1038 Till; HL'TTKIIFMKS OF NKU KNdLANl) ^ I IjiJ ;| '{â ft. Iciiiitli. Tlio miiliiii' ciite'rijillai's liuvc ii small lioiid uiul arc iiiiit'ornily oyliiidrical, rtlon(l('i'<'r tiiaii usual, and almost iiivarial)ly â ^iiarscly piloise, with very .*iiort iiairs : exotic species have loiiji', scattered hairs. They feed excliisi\ I'ly on p()ly|ietaloiis plants and almost wholly on Iie;;'nminosao and (Viicit'crae; sonictinies tiic neif^iihoring' families arc selected. Thev are "'eiierallv solitary, oral most, where the Cixy-s are laid in opcii clusters, as in .Manci|)inni hrassieae, seniijrre<fari()iis. Unt there are others whii'ii ar200 metres ahove the sea, whei-e the nest, as descril)ed i)y IIuml)ol(lt and ^\'estwood, is ei"-ht inches lonu, and made of touy tlu'ir hinder extremity onlv, iiaviiiu; no need of the supporting girth that is otlierwine in\arial>ly used throughout this family. Mr. Augustc Salle opened a nest wiiich he l)rought to I'aris t'rom Mexico, and siiowed me the chrysalis skins iianging in profusion, just as they are depicted in Professor West- 'vood's plate: there was certainly no sign of a girth. Kainhiu' (Faiiiie cnt. . 21'.') says tiiat the cater|>illar of Zegris euphcnie spins a sort of strong gauze envelope, within whicii the chrysalis hangs hy its hinder extremity and is further sup[)()rte(l hy an idmost invisilde hand around the l)ody. The chrysalids may l)e distinguished at a glance from all other hutterHy pupae (excepting some Lihytheinae and Ilesjicridae) hy the presence of a single pointed projection in front ; sometimes this is excessively long, often curveil u|)Vi-ard, and occasionally, as in tiie Anthocharidi, the exten- sion of the abdomen forms a similar prolongation at the otiier extremity, 80 that the whole presen
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