. The butterflies of the eastern United States. For the use of classes in zoology and private students. Butterflies; Butterflies. EASTERN UNITED STATES. 109 Winter form, Vernalis, Edw.—This form is smaller than the summer form, and the dark colors are more prominent. The spots of the subterminal row of the fore wings are more inclined to be connected. It ex- pands scarcely inches. Body black, with some white hairs and scales. The eggs are long, slender, pointed, and deposited singly on the under side of the leaves of its food-plant, often a number on one leaf. Fig. P. Protodice, larva
. The butterflies of the eastern United States. For the use of classes in zoology and private students. Butterflies; Butterflies. EASTERN UNITED STATES. 109 Winter form, Vernalis, Edw.—This form is smaller than the summer form, and the dark colors are more prominent. The spots of the subterminal row of the fore wings are more inclined to be connected. It ex- pands scarcely inches. Body black, with some white hairs and scales. The eggs are long, slender, pointed, and deposited singly on the under side of the leaves of its food-plant, often a number on one leaf. Fig. P. Protodice, larva and pupa. The larva when first hatched is of a uniform orange color, with a black head. When full grown it averages inches in length and is nearly cylindrical. The most common color is green verging into blue, each joint with six transverse wrinkles. There are four longitudinal yellow lines each equidistant from the other, and each interrupted by a pale blue spot on the first and fourth wrinkles of each joint. There are traces of another substigmatal line. On each wrinkle is a row of various-sized, round, black, piliferous spots, those on wrinkles one and four being largest and most regularh 10. 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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