. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history -- Montana. BUTTERFLIES OF MONTANA. 85 Under side paler, yellowish brown More decided markings than the last Under side pale purplish gray- Under side very dark, paler irrorations zephyrus. satyrus. hylas. silenus. THE FAUN. Polygonia faunus Edwards. Fig. Fig. 68. Polygonia faunus. Butterfly—tapper surface fulvous, dark, the hind wings darker. Next the apex of the fore wings, the base of both wings, and the inner margin of hind wings dusky. Border of wings broad and dark brown or black, in the fore wings dentate at the apex, and bordered within
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history -- Montana. BUTTERFLIES OF MONTANA. 85 Under side paler, yellowish brown More decided markings than the last Under side pale purplish gray- Under side very dark, paler irrorations zephyrus. satyrus. hylas. silenus. THE FAUN. Polygonia faunus Edwards. Fig. Fig. 68. Polygonia faunus. Butterfly—tapper surface fulvous, dark, the hind wings darker. Next the apex of the fore wings, the base of both wings, and the inner margin of hind wings dusky. Border of wings broad and dark brown or black, in the fore wings dentate at the apex, and bordered within by a series of sub-obsolete tawny lunules. There are two spots and a bar in the cell, and a bar at the end, but there are only three round spots between the cell and the posterior angle, the lowest supplemented by a shade above it. The spots are very dark or black. Hind wings with dark ferruginous next the border, shading toward the middle, a series of paler spots next the border and an irregular roof of black spots across the middle. Under side of both wings dark brown on the base, with an irregular common blackish band across the middle, darkest on its outer edge and within the abdominal margin, where its outline is obliquely serrated. Beyond this band tne color is pale brown mottled with grayish white, which is clearest on the fore wings. The whole surface is clouded with vinous, and more or less crossed by fine al)breviated streaks of brown. Apex of fore wings yellow-brown, with three small lanceolate ferrugin- ous spots, the lower enclosing a blue or green point. The outer margin of both wings, below these, is bordered by a series of confluent blue-black, sometimes olive-green spots following the outline of the wing. Within these is another series of rounded spots of the same color. On the disk of the hind wings is a white G varying in form. Early Stages—The mature larva is one and a quarter inches long;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page i
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