. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 46. 400 from a single chrysalis. The butterfly is a beautiful object, of a rich velvety purplish brown, the wings being broadly margined with yellow, in which is a row of pale blue spots. The various species of Limenitis also include the willows in their food-list. This is especially the case with Limenitis disippus, Godt., which also feeds on poplar, plum, oak and apple. During the summer of 1888 it was sufficiently abundant in this neighbourhood to be considered injurious. The beautifully reticu- lated eggs (Fig. 18, a
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects. 46. 400 from a single chrysalis. The butterfly is a beautiful object, of a rich velvety purplish brown, the wings being broadly margined with yellow, in which is a row of pale blue spots. The various species of Limenitis also include the willows in their food-list. This is especially the case with Limenitis disippus, Godt., which also feeds on poplar, plum, oak and apple. During the summer of 1888 it was sufficiently abundant in this neighbourhood to be considered injurious. The beautifully reticu- lated eggs (Fig. 18, a) are laid late in June, or in July, and hatch in a few days. The caterpillar (Fig. 16 a) is of a curiously ornamented form and is variegated with green and whitish colours. The chrysalis is suspended like that of Antiopa, but is of a very different shape, Fig. 17. (Fig. 16, &.,) having upon the ventral surface a projection like the centre-board of a yacht. The butterfly issues in ten or twelve days, and the eggs are then laid for a second brood. The larvae hatched from these, when about half-grown, construct from the leaves neat little cases (Fig. 16, c) in which to spend the long, cold winter, and from which they emerge the following spring to complete their growth and meta- morphoses. The butterfly (Fig. 17) has a black body, and wings of a warm orange- red colour, with heavy black veins, and a wide, black margin, spotted with white. Limenitis arthemis, Drury, occasion- ally feeds upon willows, and in the ap- pearance and habits of the caterpillar closely resembles the previous species. The butterfly, however, is a much hand- somer insect, being of a rich velvety purple, with a broad, white band across the wings, the margins of which are ornamented with markings of red and blue. Its graceful flight and rich colouring render it one of the most beautiful of our butterflies. As the other butterflies which have been recorded as feeding upon willow are only occasional depreda
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