. The butterflies of the eastern United States. For the use of classes in zoology and private students. Butterflies. 168 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE New York to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Valley, Colorado, Arizona, California; and occasional in New Hampshire. 47. Melit^a Phaeton, Drury. Expanse of wings from 2 to inches. Upper surface black, spotted with fulvous and pale yellow. The fulvous spots are a marginal row on both wings and in the discal cells. The marginal spots are nearly round on the Fig. 44- fore wings, but on the hind wings they are blunt conical, the points inward. Those in
. The butterflies of the eastern United States. For the use of classes in zoology and private students. Butterflies. 168 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE New York to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Valley, Colorado, Arizona, California; and occasional in New Hampshire. 47. Melit^a Phaeton, Drury. Expanse of wings from 2 to inches. Upper surface black, spotted with fulvous and pale yellow. The fulvous spots are a marginal row on both wings and in the discal cells. The marginal spots are nearly round on the Fig. 44- fore wings, but on the hind wings they are blunt conical, the points inward. Those in the cells of the fore wings are two clusters, Melitsea Phaeton (natural size). 01ie °* *nree a^ the end, and the other of two in the middle; and there is a cluster of four on the hind wings. There may be all of these present, or they may vary from this to none. There are also two or three more or less distinct spots on the costa of the hind wings. The yellow spots are two submarginal rows on both wings, the outer a series of crescents, the inner round; two half rows beyond the cell of the fore wings, and two or three spots in the cells. A part of these may be absent. The under side is black, with the marginal row of orange or fulvous spots, two large spots in the cell of the fore mugs, and six spots of the same in the basal half of the hind wings, arranged in two irregular 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 French, G. H. (George Hazen), 1841-1935. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company
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