Economic entomology for the . economicentomolo00smit_0 Year: 1896 Larva and chrysalis of Vanessa anttopa. Quite early in spring we may see, fluttering along the road- sides, little blue butterflies expanding less than an inch when the wings are spread, and without prominent markings of any kind. These belong to the family LyccenidcE, usually to the typical genus Lycceyia, and from them the term 'blues,' as a popular name, has been derived. Later in the summer we find com- monly bright coppery butterflies, not much larger than the *' blues '' already spoken of, and on the upper surfac
Economic entomology for the . economicentomolo00smit_0 Year: 1896 Larva and chrysalis of Vanessa anttopa. Quite early in spring we may see, fluttering along the road- sides, little blue butterflies expanding less than an inch when the wings are spread, and without prominent markings of any kind. These belong to the family LyccenidcE, usually to the typical genus Lycceyia, and from them the term 'blues,' as a popular name, has been derived. Later in the summer we find com- monly bright coppery butterflies, not much larger than the *' blues '' already spoken of, and on the upper surface, especially Fig. 258. Chrysophanus thoe.—Male and female. of the fore-wings, are black spots varying in size and arrange- ment. To these the name '' coppers'' has been applied, and they' belong to the natural genus Chrysophanus. The genus Thecla contains species that run larger than either of those pre- viously mentioned, many of them sombre in color and marked on the under side by fine, hair-like streaks, differing in arrange- ment and not always present. These are called ' hair-streaks.'
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