. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. AR()iMATIC BUTTKKFLIi;S. 1049 cies of Antirrlica, one of tlie Satyriiiiio, in wliioh, iirconliiijj to Fritz Miil- ler, tlic nmlcs omit astroiijj: odor from a roiloction of Hcales on the iiind wings at the anterior l)asc of the upper surface, covered l)y tlie fore wings and speeially protected l)y a curving nianc of pale l)uff iiairs. In a genus of Morpliinac, Stidiopiithainia, A\'ood-i\Iason jierceived a pleai^ant odor emitted hy a patei
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. AR()iMATIC BUTTKKFLIi;S. 1049 cies of Antirrlica, one of tlie Satyriiiiio, in wliioh, iirconliiijj to Fritz Miil- ler, tlic nmlcs omit astroiijj: odor from a roiloction of Hcales on the iiind wings at the anterior l)asc of the upper surface, covered l)y tlie fore wings and speeially protected l)y a curving nianc of pale l)uff iiairs. In a genus of Morpliinac, Stidiopiithainia, A\'ood-i\Iason jierceived a pleai^ant odor emitted hy a pateii of modified scales and an erectile whisj) ot'hairs on the hind wings of the male. This, he says, comes from a fluid secreted hy these scales or hairs, the only instance in whi(;h such a se- cretion has been noted; l)ut this pleasant odor, he adds, is so faint "as barely to be perceptible in the presence of a much stronger odour (rcs(!mb- ling that of sable fresh from the furrier's shop*) which is common to the two sexes," l)Ut which is not localized. In the nei'i'hborin'r groui) of l?ras- solinae, spots of peculiar scales are very often present on tlu^ hind wings, and Miiller observed that very distinct odors were emitted from these spots in several ditfercnt genera, particularly in Dasyophthalma. 80, too, he noted that a rather strong odor was given off from a species of Agcronia, one of the Nymphalinae, i)y two large lirown spots situated i)etween the wings where they oppose each other, though in other allied species of the same genus neither the odor nor the patch could be detected. A most cu- rious instance is that of the species of Didonis, already mentioned, where abdominal glands occur in Ijoth sexes and even a second pair in tlu; male, one with agreeable and one with disagreeable odor, a butterfly which is still further be|)erfumed, since Miillcr was al)le to detect a musk-like odor produced by a black spot of scales near the base of the under side of the fr
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