. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. PIERINAK: TIIK fiENUS PIEHIS. 1173 with smiill, slender, conical wnrts, beariiij; moderately lonfr, cnrvinjr, delicate hairs; triangle very lar^e. scarcely higher than broad, l)iit reaclilm; fully threc-flfths way up the front. Antennae with tlie first joint pretty larfje, inaninilforni, second very short, scarcely noticeable, third scarcely narrower than tlie second, a little swollen at the tip, half as long again as broad, the fourth e
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. PIERINAK: TIIK fiENUS PIEHIS. 1173 with smiill, slender, conical wnrts, beariiij; moderately lonfr, cnrvinjr, delicate hairs; triangle very lar^e. scarcely higher than broad, l)iit reaclilm; fully threc-flfths way up the front. Antennae with tlie first joint pretty larfje, inaninilforni, second very short, scarcely noticeable, third scarcely narrower than tlie second, a little swollen at the tip, half as long again as broad, the fourth exceedingly minute. Ocelli six in number, four placed in a slightly curving row, its convexity forward and slightly downward, directly behind a sliglitly impressed line, the upper three separiit(Hl from each other by their own diameter, the fourth and lowest removed from the tlilrd by twice that dis- tance, tlie fifth behind and a little above the first, and separated from it by a little less distance than the latter from tlie third; the sixth behind the second and eipially dis- tant from it and the fourtli, with wliich It forms a little less than a right angle. The first four mentioned are prominent; all are of equal size. I-abrum large and (julte broad, the front angularly but not greatly excised in tlie middle. Mandibles short, very broad, not stout, the edge rounded, delicately dentate above, minntely denticulate below, the teeth triangular, not very long. Maxillary palpi with the joints e(iual in length, successively considerably smaller, the inner pnlji with very short and pretty stout joints. Splimerot short, tapering, ratlier slender, bluntly pointed. Body cylindrical, largest in tlie middle, tapering very gen 'v, uniformly and pretty e(|ually toward eltiier end, tapering behind to a bluntly rounded extremity. Segments divided faintly by transverse, impressed lines, Into seven div'.sions, growing succes- sively smaller toward the posterior end of tiie segment; on tlie th
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