. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Nathalis lit on the straw hat of one of the dignitaries. The naturalist, ac-^ costing him, said: " Friend, do you know what rests upon your head?" "No," said he. "A ; "Weil," said he, " that brings good ; " Yes," replied the naturalist; "and the insect reveals to me the wonderful instinct with which nature has provided ; " How is that ?" quoth the city father. "It is a cabbage-butterfl
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Nathalis lit on the straw hat of one of the dignitaries. The naturalist, ac-^ costing him, said: " Friend, do you know what rests upon your head?" "No," said he. "A ; "Weil," said he, " that brings good ; " Yes," replied the naturalist; "and the insect reveals to me the wonderful instinct with which nature has provided ; " How is that ?" quoth the city father. "It is a cabbage-butterfly that rests upon your ; Genus NATHALIS, Boisduval " The butterflies, gay triflers Who in the sunlight ; Heine. B7ifferffy.âThe butterfly is very small, yellow, margined with black. The upper radial vein in the fore wing is wanting. The subcostal has four nervules, the third and fourth rising from a common stalk emitted from the upperoutercornerofthecell, the first and second from before the end of the cell. The precostal vein on the hind wing is reduced to a small swelling beyond the base. The palpi are slen- der; the third joint long and curved; the second joint oval; the third fine, spindle-shaped, and pointed. The antennae are rather short, with a somewhat thick and abruptly developed club. pio T^^^^eura- Eaiiy Stages.âVery little is known of these, tion of the genus Na- Three species belong to this genus, which ^^â '"^"' enlarged. is confined to the subtropical regions of the New World, one species only invading the region of which this volume treats. (i) Nathalis iole, Boisduval, Plate XXXII, Fig. 21, $ ; Fig. 22, ? (The Dwarf Yellow). Butterfly.âThis little species, which cannot be mistaken, and which requires no description, as the plate conveys more infor- mation concerning it than could be given in mere words, ranges from southern Illinois and Missouri to Arizona and southern Cali- fornia. Its life-history has not yet been descr
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