. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. Danais Plexippus : «, egg, X 30; c, natural size. ribs, with about the same number of transverse ridges, asshown in Fig. 37. The young larva, which hatches from this in about aweek, is yellowish white, with a large black head. Itfirst eats the egg-shell, after which it eats the leaver, Fio. 6i5,. Danais Plexippus, mature larva (natural size). The mature larva is about inches long; the head yellowish, marked by two triangular black stripes. The body above is marked with transverse strip
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. Danais Plexippus : «, egg, X 30; c, natural size. ribs, with about the same number of transverse ridges, asshown in Fig. 37. The young larva, which hatches from this in about aweek, is yellowish white, with a large black head. Itfirst eats the egg-shell, after which it eats the leaver, Fio. 6i5,. Danais Plexippus, mature larva (natural size). The mature larva is about inches long; the head yellowish, marked by two triangular black stripes. The body above is marked with transverse stripes of black, yellow, and white, as shown in Fig. 38. Joint 3 supportji ok 13 146 ^^^ BUTTERFLIES OF THE two long, black, fleshy horns which point forward; joint11 has a similar pair which point backward, but they areshorter. Under side black, with green-Fia. 39. ish between the joints. fThe chrysalis (Fig. 39) is about aninch long, color bright green dottedwith gold, and with a band of goldendots extending more than half-wayround the body above the band is shaded with black, andthe cremaster is black. There areDanau piexippus, two or morc broods in a season, and chryaaiw. j^ hibcmates in the butterfly state. United States generally. 34. Danais Berenice, Cram. Expanse of wings from to inches. Upper surface reddish chocolate-brown, with a blackterminal border containing two
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