. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. nd 7 creamy tingedwith olivaceous; the terminal part of the body some-what enlarged and pearly-whitish on the back, tingedwith olivaceous round the edges; the rest of the bodyolivaceous brown. The mature larva is inches long, shaped muchas before the last moult, a prominent ridge extendingacross the second segment, along the sides and over theback of segment 4, this being the highest part. Insidethis space it is somewhat flattened. The dark parts aredark brown; a white band extends fro
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. nd 7 creamy tingedwith olivaceous; the terminal part of the body some-what enlarged and pearly-whitish on the back, tingedwith olivaceous round the edges; the rest of the bodyolivaceous brown. The mature larva is inches long, shaped muchas before the last moult, a prominent ridge extendingacross the second segment, along the sides and over theback of segment 4, this being the highest part. Insidethis space it is somewhat flattened. The dark parts aredark brown; a white band extends from above the headround to the elevation on joint 4, the lateral portionbeing mottled with olive and brown; several white rings on the elevated ridge,and a fw on the dor-sum of joint 5. Onthe dorsum of joints6 to 8 is a light spaceextending a littleover on the sides;anotl ler si m ilar spaceon the posterior partof the body; fromtwo to four small bluespots on each jointback of the chrysalis is inches long, some a little shorter;shaped as in the figure; the abdomen with a subdorsal Fm. p. Cresphoctes, pupa. EASTERN UNITED STATES. 105 row of small tubercles. Color variable. One form graymarked with dark gray and brown, another pale greenmarked with gray and brown ; the latter color mostly onthe head and down the ventral part of the thorax. There are two broods of this insect in a season inthis latitude, the larva feeding on prickly-ash, orange,hop-tree {Ptelea trifoliata), and Didamnus Fraxinella. Southern and Western States; Ohio, West Virginia,Michigan, New York, Connecticut. 8. Papilio Polydamas, Linn. Expanse of wings inches. Color of upper surface greenish black ; a single rowof yellow spots to each wing, nearly parallel with theouter margin. The apex is more produced than in thepreceding species, and the row of spots only partly fol-lows the flexures; the row on the hind wings not curvedso much as the outer margin, and forming a continuousband but for th
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