. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. and the edge. The under side of the fore wings is fulvous, with theapical portion rusty brown, the apex yellow, the browntinged with purple. Hind wings rusty brown tinged withyellow in the middle and outer two fifths, and a costalpatch washed with whitish purple, this portion containingtwo rows of dark spots. There are no silver spots. Theyellow on the middle of the under side of the hind wingsis in scattered scales, not gathered together enough toform a band or spots. EASTERN UNITED STATES
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. and the edge. The under side of the fore wings is fulvous, with theapical portion rusty brown, the apex yellow, the browntinged with purple. Hind wings rusty brown tinged withyellow in the middle and outer two fifths, and a costalpatch washed with whitish purple, this portion containingtwo rows of dark spots. There are no silver spots. Theyellow on the middle of the under side of the hind wingsis in scattered scales, not gathered together enough toform a band or spots. EASTERN UNITED STATES. 165 According to Professor Fernald, the eggs of this speciesare similar to those of A, Myrina in size, color, andmarkings, and it closely resembles that species in all theearly stages. The mature larva, however, does not havethe spines on the second segment lengthened. Food-plant, violets. Northern United States, Colorado. 46. EuPTOiETA Claudia, Cram. Expanse of wings from to surface fulvous, a paler band crossing bothwrings near the middle, bordered on the inside by a zig-. Euptoieta Claudia (natural size). zag black line similar to that in the species of this pale space to the base the wings are somewhatduller fulvous and a little powdered with black the central pale band are two transverse lines,with a row of round spots between them, the edge ofthe wing black; all these lines are connected by blackalong the veins. The cell of the fore wings containsthree black bars, the two outer united at the ends and 166 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE enclosing a pale space. Below the cell is a bar bentoutward in the middle. Under side of fore wings fulvous to the zigzag line,with discal pale spot. The outer half of the wing ispale, with a little submarginal reddish wash below theapex, and a large gray triangle on the costa. A brownspot near the posterior angle sends a marginal streaktowards the apex. The hind wings are pale brown in the basal
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