. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. *â > I " 1488 TIIK BUTTERFLIKS OF NKW ). rniiiiliif; from iicnr its luiiUllp a sliort distiuico forwiinl to the slilo of the main Ijody. lluolis very small, asymiUL'trlcnt, tlio rij^lit ticlnj; nuicli the iarjrcr, pointed, scarcely ciirvinf,' downward at tip, approximate at liasc, diverjient; tooth sm.'iil, sessile, spatu- latc or obpyriforin, appressed. Arms asymmetrical, very slemh^r, nearly uniform, curving, liavinj; M


. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. *â > I " 1488 TIIK BUTTERFLIKS OF NKW ). rniiiiliif; from iicnr its luiiUllp a sliort distiuico forwiinl to the slilo of the main Ijody. lluolis very small, asymiUL'trlcnt, tlio rij^lit ticlnj; nuicli the iarjrcr, pointed, scarcely ciirvinf,' downward at tip, approximate at liasc, diverjient; tooth sm.'iil, sessile, spatu- latc or obpyriforin, appressed. Arms asymmetrical, very slemh^r, nearly uniform, curving, liavinj; Mrst a j;eneral direction downward and slightly forward, afterwards backward, upward and inward, the curve (piitt; regular, cxpandiiif; sli;;lilly at tip and bearing between the extremities the inferior armatureâa rather small, nmiided Held of minute, raised points. Left rlasii: Main body broad and rather sliort, slightly j;!!)- l)ous, the upper ed;;e full at base, the lower nearly straiglit. IJlade moderately loiii;, the upper three-fourths bent over inward so as to Ijo horizontal, or on the t)asal half slij{htly detlected, nearly eipial in width, l)ut a little constricted near tlie middle, the apical fo\irth taperinii to a bluntly rounded apix, wliich is curved slightly downwanl; viewed laterally, the blade tapers regularly and lij^iitly and Is straight and horizontal; viewed from above, it curves a very little inwan: l)asal process developed as .i slen- der, scarcely compressed dactyl, bent over backward from its origin, so as to be nearly horizontal on a lateral view, scarcely curving Inward, nearly one-thlnl as long ,is the blade, a little enlarged beyond the middle, and arnu'd with a few very minute spinules arouiul the edge of the enlarged portion. 'I'lio lobe consists of an upward prolongation of the upper hind angle of the nmin body a bluntly pointed triangu- lar expansion, curving inward, leaving the apical l>order of the main body straight, anil at right an


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