. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. BOISDUVAL'S BUTTERFLY. 305 Fig. Hipparchia Alope, Fab. Alope Butterfly. (Fig. 127.) Dark brown ; fore wings with a broad ochre-yellow band beyond the middle, enclosing two round black spots, with a sky-blue centre ; hind wings notched behind, with from one to three eye-like spots of a black color, with a blue centre on the upper side, and four or five of the same kind, but of unequal size, beneath ; the under side of .the wings is pale brown, with numerous dark brown streaks. The eye-spots on the hind wings are s
. A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation . Insect pests. BOISDUVAL'S BUTTERFLY. 305 Fig. Hipparchia Alope, Fab. Alope Butterfly. (Fig. 127.) Dark brown ; fore wings with a broad ochre-yellow band beyond the middle, enclosing two round black spots, with a sky-blue centre ; hind wings notched behind, with from one to three eye-like spots of a black color, with a blue centre on the upper side, and four or five of the same kind, but of unequal size, beneath ; the under side of .the wings is pale brown, with numerous dark brown streaks. The eye-spots on the hind wings are sometimes wanting in the males. Expands from 2 to 2J inches. In the Southern States individuals are found measuring three inches. The Alope butterfly is found from the first of July to the middle of September in open woods and in orchards. The caterpillar is pale green with dark green stripes; the head is round, and the tail ends in a short fork. The chrysalis is elongated, roundish at the sides, with the head notched. Hipparchia Boisduvattii. Boisduval's Butterfly. (Fig. 128.) Pale yellowish-brown; the fore wings upon both sides have four eye-like, blackish spots, with a white centre, and the hind wings have six, the external spot re- mote from the others, and the two next to the hind angle very small and close together. In some indi- viduals the white centre is wanting in some of the eye-spots on the upper side of the Fig. 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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