. The American entomologist and botanist. skinis so thin and delicate that the colors of thefuture butterfly which in two or three weeksescapes from it, may be distinctly seen. The male butterfly (Fig. .s2) is of a deepcoppery-red on (he upper side, bordered andpoflfdered and marked with dark purplish-brown, as shown in the figure. The under sideis o( afemlle morte brown with a greasy lustre,the scales being beautifully shingled transverselyso as to remind one of that article of dry-goodswhich tlie ladies call rep: while the bands whichcommenced on the front wings above, may betraced further a
. The American entomologist and botanist. skinis so thin and delicate that the colors of thefuture butterfly which in two or three weeksescapes from it, may be distinctly seen. The male butterfly (Fig. .s2) is of a deepcoppery-red on (he upper side, bordered andpoflfdered and marked with dark purplish-brown, as shown in the figure. The under sideis o( afemlle morte brown with a greasy lustre,the scales being beautifully shingled transverselyso as to remind one of that article of dry-goodswhich tlie ladies call rep: while the bands whichcommenced on the front wings above, may betraced further across the wing, and there is atransverse band on the hind wings, Avith anindistinct white spot near the upper edge. Thefemale (Kig. ^^) is of a lightsr color than themale, marked with purplish-browu as in thefigure, the transverse bands being quite dis-tinctly defined with very dark brown. Theuiuler side is verv much as in tlie male. INSECTS TO THE 5. The Ablmt Spliiiix.~t7*(;/K, .S\] , „. idlorM—/.irciiir, brown; modi, (?lioooliitc-livown and jellow. This is another of the largo Grapo-feediuginsects, occurring on the cultivated and indige-nous vines and on the Airginia Creeper, and hav-ing in the full-grown larva state, a polished tu-bercle instead of a horn at the tail. Its habitat isgiven by Dr. Clemens, as New York, Pennsylva-nia, Ocorgia, Massachusetts, and Ohio; butthough not so common as the Sphinx Moths des-cribed in former articles, yet it is often met withboth in Illinois and Missouri. The larva whichis represented in the upper ))art of Figure >!4 va- ries considerably in appearance. Indeed, theground-color seems to depend in a measure onthe sex, for Dr. Morris describes this larva asreddish-brown with numerous patches of light-green, and expressly states that the. female is ofa uniform reddish-brown, with an interrupteddark brown dorsal line and transverse stri*. AVehave reared two individuals which came to theirg
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