. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 128 TiiK III TTi:itnt. More tliim tlii:*, u \ rDiid, I'ijrht iiiili'.-' in li'ii;.'tli. «imliiij:' lialt' vviiv tlinnijfli tla' itrinicviil torcut, where it toniifi m lirdiul lane wliicli the biittertlies covet, lialt-way over tlie ron^Hi K-difi'?^ anl ooniniLT all lln-oinrh the season to eapti\ ate the tired traveller.âthis road atlnrds a ready nieaiit* of jearninji' at what altitude fhi' valley species ascend, and what kinds i


. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 128 TiiK III TTi:itnt. More tliim tlii:*, u \ rDiid, I'ijrht iiiili'.-' in li'ii;.'tli. «imliiij:' lialt' vviiv tlinnijfli tla' itrinicviil torcut, where it toniifi m lirdiul lane wliicli the biittertlies covet, lialt-way over tlie ron^Hi K-difi'?^ anl ooniniLT all lln-oinrh the season to eapti\ ate the tired traveller.âthis road atlnrds a ready nieaiit* of jearninji' at what altitude fhi' valley species ascend, and what kinds inhahir the inhospitahle hiiiher levels of the mountains. Let us speak first of those which Ipcliui;; in the valleys, where the ve:;-e- tation is so jirol'use and di\i'rsitie(l: and restrict our remarks principalis to icre, anil met \vith uiori' rarely cl>ewhere.â v Knu'iaud is conceriu'd, iheir ma\iinuni which are conunoTu th( those which have. St h far as de\i'l( opment in this It is the ri'fxion jtur v lumdreds tlies arise from the damp sp they are assemhlcd to suck the moisture from the earth, and then flutter ahout the .stage in fascinating hewilderment, scttliuii' again to the feast in a hesitating way soon as the disturhance is past. Indeed they some- tune; hecume verv nuisance, dozens o jf th lem when seekuii. enternig the ope ih â n dr I wmdows II shelti f the farm-liousi's. and Huttcrin alionl the windows in a vain and distraetiiu' attemut to escape when there IV movement witliin. ipi In the early season, when the liuds are just heginning to hurst, the young caterpillar may he foiuid emerging from its hihernaculum deftly fastened ni'ar the tips of hlack-liirch spriys evervwhere urowin't hv liie roadside; in ,luly, the hristling glohidar egg attached to the extreme tip of the pointed leaf of the same, and later the leaves eaten in |iecnliar t'ashiou, reveal where to look for the grotesque party-eoloreil caterpillar, scarcely to he distinguish


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