. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Basilarchia is most common in the region where the insect is found. The species mimicked is Danais chrysippus, of which at least three varietal forms or local races are known. The American butterfly conforms in the female sex to the typical D. chrysipptts, to which it presents upon the upper side a startling likeness. On the under side it is marked much as the male. Expanse, 6, inches; ?, inches. Early Stages.—What has been said as to the early stages in the description of the
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Basilarchia is most common in the region where the insect is found. The species mimicked is Danais chrysippus, of which at least three varietal forms or local races are known. The American butterfly conforms in the female sex to the typical D. chrysipptts, to which it presents upon the upper side a startling likeness. On the under side it is marked much as the male. Expanse, 6, inches; ?, inches. Early Stages.—What has been said as to the early stages in the description of the genus must suffice for the species. But little is as yet accurately known upon the subject. The range of H. misippus is southern Florida, the Antilles, and the northern parts of South America. It is not common on this side of the Atlantic, but very common in Africa, tropical Asia, and the islands south as far as northern Australia. Genus BASILARCHIA, Scudder (The White Admirals) Butterfly.—Head large; the eyes are large, naked; the antennae are moderately long, with a distinct club; the palpi are compact, stout, produced, densely scaled. The fore wings are subtriangular, the apex well rounded, the lower two thirds of the outer margin slightly excavated. The first two subcostal nervules arise before the end of the cell. The hind wings are rounded, crenulate. Egg.—Nearly spherical, with the surface pitted with large hexagonal cells (see p. 3, Fig. i). Caterpillar.—The caterpillar in its mature state is cylindrical, somewhat thicker before than behind, with the second segment adorned with two prominent rugose club-shaped tu- bercles. The fifth segment,and the ninth and tenth segments also, are ornamented with dor- sal prominences (see p. 8, Fig. 20). Fig. 106.—Neuration of Chrysalis.—The chrysalis is suspended by the genus Basilarchia. ^ ^^^^^ cremaster; the abdominal segments are rounded. On the middle of the dorsum is a prominent projecting boss. The thorax is round
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