. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. â mi; I'AMILY I'AlMLlONIDAi;. 1(120 liirfff |iii)|)(»itii)n of the New Kiij^hmil jicncni is rc|)it'f*t'iiti'(l in tlic ()l(l World citlicr l)y M|it'ci('H of tlic saint' j^i-nus (U- liyclost'ly allied ^feiu'ra ; yet with tlio exco|)tinn of one recently intntdiieed no identieal speeies are known.* In stni'-tiiro, tlie I'aitilioiiidai; .show an approach to the hiwer Lepi- (K)|)tera. The front U'i;n of hotli .xe-xes are eqnally perfect and
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. â mi; I'AMILY I'AlMLlONIDAi;. 1(120 liirfff |iii)|)(»itii)n of the New Kiij^hmil jicncni is rc|)it'f*t'iiti'(l in tlic ()l(l World citlicr l)y M|it'ci('H of tlic saint' j^i-nus (U- liyclost'ly allied ^feiu'ra ; yet with tlio exco|)tinn of one recently intntdiieed no identieal speeies are known.* In stni'-tiiro, tlie I'aitilioiiidai; .show an approach to the hiwer Lepi- (K)|)tera. The front U'i;n of hotli .xe-xes are eqnally perfect and are always iLsed in h)coniotion. A larjji' niinilter are proviiled, in tlu- IIesperi(hie, with a hiiureolate ai>pendiiire upon tiie fore; tiliiae. Tlie are never spineil, hut cither iiake(l, sparsely pih)se or providcil willi ticshy Klanients. They are usually solitary. Iiut then; an; occasional instances of i^rejfarious cater[)illars in hoth divisions of the fauiiiy. 'I'he chrysa'i<ls arc attached l)y the tail and hy a hinsi' jrirth around the niiddie. and. in a few instances, are enclosed in a fragile cocoon. In one instance the mode of suspension alto^fcther uni(pie. In all the three species of the fxeiius Thais found in Kiu'ope, the anterior extremity of the chrysalis is furnished with ;i douhle tnhercle, liristlinji' with short curviu);! hooks, and the chrysalis, iiesides l)ein<^ attached in the normal way of the I'apilionidac liy the extremity ami the jjirth around the niiddK\ has also an additional support liy the (MitanLrlciucnt of these anterior hooks in a loop of silk, spun hy the caterpillar in preparing for pupati tn and which seems to spring from ahont tlio same point as the transverse loop of the thorax. There seems to he very little refi'rence to this peculiar modi? of suspensitni hy those who have treated of this genus, although it w:is distinctly mentioned hy Hamhur as long ago as liSK) in his Faunc entornologique de IW
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