. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. whitish ; theanterior segments to gray or whitish. The head changesfrom red to blue, and becomes dark drab. The chrysalis is .9 of an inch long, subcylindrical,the abdomen somewhat compressed laterally and termi-nating rather abruptly; the general shape much likethat of L. Disippus. The color of the wing-cases andanterior parts silvery gray, the former tinged with brown 18* 210 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE or pale black along their hind margins; the wing-casesvarying somewhat in shade. Dorsal sid
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. whitish ; theanterior segments to gray or whitish. The head changesfrom red to blue, and becomes dark drab. The chrysalis is .9 of an inch long, subcylindrical,the abdomen somewhat compressed laterally and termi-nating rather abruptly; the general shape much likethat of L. Disippus. The color of the wing-cases andanterior parts silvery gray, the former tinged with brown 18* 210 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE or pale black along their hind margins; the wing-casesvarying somewhat in shade. Dorsal side of abdomenyellow-white, gray towards extremity; ventral side al-most wholly gray and brown; dorsal appendage darksmoky brown, with silvery corrugations before and afterit. The butterfly emerges from the chrysalis from Juneto July. The food-plants are willow, aspen, basswood, andprobably thorn. Northern United States. 74. LiMENiTLS Archippus, Cram. Expanse of wings from to 3 surface fulvous, the lines black; on the forewings a black triangular patch, containing three white Fig. Limenitis Archippus,—right wings the under side (natural size). spots on the costa beyond the cell, continued to the pos-terior angle in a narrow line. A black line crosses thehind wings about two-thirds of the distance from thebase, as shown in Fig. 59. Outer border black, contain- EASTERN UNITED STATES. 211 ing a row of white spots; and there are two anteapicalwhite spots, the lower one quite small. Fringes blackspotted with white. Under side similar to the upper, but the fulvous ispaler; the border contains two rows of white spots,and white spots between the veins in front of the trans-verse line of the hind wings, and on the costa of thefore wings in front of the cell. Var. Floridensis, Strecker.—This form has theupper surface dark, almost mahogany color, but the Fig. 60.
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