. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. ORCH.\RD VISITORS Iti brown chrysalis is angular and decked with rowi of gold or silver spots. The butterfly changes in appearance somewhat with the ad- vance of the season; the upper surface of its wings liecoming less heavily marked with brown, and the under surface losing muih of its yellow tone. Another Grapta, much like the Hop- merchant in color and markings but of a larger size, is the Violet-tip, Grapta interroga- tionis. It is also
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. ORCH.\RD VISITORS Iti brown chrysalis is angular and decked with rowi of gold or silver spots. The butterfly changes in appearance somewhat with the ad- vance of the season; the upper surface of its wings liecoming less heavily marked with brown, and the under surface losing muih of its yellow tone. Another Grapta, much like the Hop- merchant in color and markings but of a larger size, is the Violet-tip, Grapta interroga- tionis. It is also a dimorphic spe- cies but may be easily recognized among the others of the genus by its violet border and by th : silver crescent and dot on the under sur- face of its hiiid wings. For this is the name plate of the Violet- tip butterfly, just as the letter C or G is the name plate of the Hop-merchant. In fact, each Grapta carries a distin- guishing hall-mark in silvr on the under side of its hind vings, and this helps greatly in tlic identification of a specimen. My acquaintance with the Graptas began when I found two caterpillars, each one and a half inches long, feeding upon a hop vine. The crawlers were reddish-brown with light mark- ings, and well protected with branched spines, which ranged in color from pale yellow to black. On July second both larvae became chrysalides, and ten days later the butterflies 183. A Urmpta caterpillar (enlaned to ahow apincB). 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 Robertson-Miller, Ellen, 1859-1937. Toronto : McClelland & Goodchild
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