. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Grapta which are mimicked by other species among the butterflies and moths of the region which they frequent. A naturalist familiar with the characteristics of the butterfly fauna of South America can at a glance determine whether a collection placed before him is from that country or not, merely by his knowledge of the peculiar coloration which is characteristic of the lepidoptera of the region. The most brilliant butterflies of the neotropical fauna are the Morpbos, g
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Genus Grapta which are mimicked by other species among the butterflies and moths of the region which they frequent. A naturalist familiar with the characteristics of the butterfly fauna of South America can at a glance determine whether a collection placed before him is from that country or not, merely by his knowledge of the peculiar coloration which is characteristic of the lepidoptera of the region. The most brilliant butterflies of the neotropical fauna are the Morpbos, glorious insects, the under side of their wings marked with eye-like spots, the upper side resplendent in varying tints of iridescent blue. In the Nearctic Region there is a remarkable development of the genera Argyiniis, Me/ifcVii, and Pbyciodes. There are also a great many species of the Satyrincv and of the HcspcrHiicr, or "; The genus Colias is also well represented. The Nearctic Region extends southwardly into northern Mexico, at high elevations, and is even continued along the chain of the Andes, and there are species which are found in the vicinity of San Francisco which occur in Chili and Patagonia. In fact, when we get to the southern extremity both of Africa and of South America we find certain genera characteristic of the north tem- perate zone, or closely allied to them, well represented. Genus GRAPTA, Kirby (The Angle-Wings) Butterfly.âMedium-sized or small, characterized by the more or less deeply excavated inner and outer margins of the fore wings, the tail-like projection of the hind wings at the ex- tremity of the third median nervule, the closed cell of the same wings, and the thick squamation of the palpi on the under side, while on the sides and tops of the palpi there are but few scales. They are tawny on the upper side, spotted and bordered with black; on the under side mimick- ing the bark of trees and dead leaves, often with a ^-shaped
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