. The day butterflies and duskflyers of New England, how to find and know them. Butterflies -- New England; Moths -- New England. 3- SEMICOLON BUTTERFLY. Grapta (Potygonia) interrogatione. 2T2 in. Fox red, one large and six smaller black spots on fore- wing, under side reddish brown with silver semicolon. Caterpillar feeds on elm, hop, and nettles. 4. PROGNE. Grapta (Polygonia) progne. 2 in. Fox red, one large and five smaller black spots on forewing and two or three on hindwing, border dark, under side blackish gray with silver L on hindwing. Caterpillar feeds on elm, gooseberry, and currant.
. The day butterflies and duskflyers of New England, how to find and know them. Butterflies -- New England; Moths -- New England. 3- SEMICOLON BUTTERFLY. Grapta (Potygonia) interrogatione. 2T2 in. Fox red, one large and six smaller black spots on fore- wing, under side reddish brown with silver semicolon. Caterpillar feeds on elm, hop, and nettles. 4. PROGNE. Grapta (Polygonia) progne. 2 in. Fox red, one large and five smaller black spots on forewing and two or three on hindwing, border dark, under side blackish gray with silver L on hindwing. Caterpillar feeds on elm, gooseberry, and currant. 5. GREEN COMMA BUTTERFLY. Grapta (Polygonia') comma. 2 in. Like Progne, but with two more black spots in middle of hindwing, border edge light gray, under side brown with silver comma on hindwing. Caterpillar feeds on willow and black birch. Grapta faitnus. Has larger black spots and is a darker variety, under side gray and black. MOUNTAIN GRAPTA. Grapta gracilis. Is smaller and paler than G. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Knobel, Edward, b. 1839. Boston, B. Whidden
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