. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. LYC'AKNINAl.: TIIK (iKNlS IIKODIIS. \m fl taporiiiir on ilic niiiiile> of the l)oily from one cxtfomily of the winifs to the other strai;:lit. or witli a ban'ly perce] itible hollowinjiiicxt the (.llvisioii line between thorax and abdoiiien, very ^'iitly diverfU'iit posteriorly, so that the body is broadest at the finirth abdominal seu'inent; here it is somewhat aiiiTnlaled. the posterior end taperiiia; at oiiee and forminjr an el
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. LYC'AKNINAl.: TIIK (iKNlS IIKODIIS. \m fl taporiiiir on ilic niiiiile> of the l)oily from one cxtfomily of the winifs to the other strai;:lit. or witli a ban'ly perce] itible hollowinjiiicxt the (.llvisioii line between thorax and abdoiiien, very ^'iitly diverfU'iit posteriorly, so that the body is broadest at the finirth abdominal seu'inent; here it is somewhat aiiiTnlaled. the posterior end taperiiia; at oiiee and forminjr an elliptical curve, tile tip well rounded. In front of the wiiiifs tlie l)ody tapers rapidly aual wini,'|.romin"iice 1 .â inu: marked only l)y tlie aiiiile the front part of the l)ody mal<cs with tlie winiis. Vieweil from the side till' llat bottoMi is nuiform tlirnnithoul; tlie posterior thii'd of llie timrax is very nearly cipial. l)ut slopes forwards a little, its liindniost extremitv a verv little the most elevated, rounilly anijulated in tlie middle of the posterior two-lhirils and sloping iu front of It downward and forward about ciiually, scarcely curved. Abdomen very broadly arched aliove, liii;liest and a very little hiither than the thorax at the third sciimeiit, beyond the fourth seifiiieut AVith a pretty stronir, downward curve, the lower cdite of the eiirlHli segment beinir the most posterior point, tlie wliole (d' the uiull; seirmeut directed forwards; tlie downward curve at tlu' posterior is much more rapid than at the anterior extremity of the body. Transversely the middle of the thorax well arclied. tiie sides slopin;^ away from each other at an aniiie of about 70 . with a scarcely perci'ptible hollowing, the summit rather broadly rounded; al)domoii regu- larly rouiiiled, forming an almost exact semicircle. More than three-tlfths of the tongue exposed. Hody covered eipially witli a very delicate tracery of slightly raised lines crossing each otlier irr
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