. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA. 399 phalinse. The color of the wings is sometimes black, with red and yellow spots ; but it is usually fulvous, with the fore wings broadly margined, especially at the apex, with black, and crossed by many irregular lines of black. About fifty species occur in this country. The Baltimore, Euphydryas phaeton (Eu-phyd'ry-as pha'- e-ton).—The wings above are black, with an outer marginal row of dark reddish-orange spots, and parallel rows of very pale yellow spots; on the fore wings a third row is more or less represented. The wings expan
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA. 399 phalinse. The color of the wings is sometimes black, with red and yellow spots ; but it is usually fulvous, with the fore wings broadly margined, especially at the apex, with black, and crossed by many irregular lines of black. About fifty species occur in this country. The Baltimore, Euphydryas phaeton (Eu-phyd'ry-as pha'- e-ton).—The wings above are black, with an outer marginal row of dark reddish-orange spots, and parallel rows of very pale yellow spots; on the fore wings a third row is more or less represented. The wings expand two inches or more. The larvse feed on a species of snakehead {Chelo7ie glabra) \ they are gregarious, and build a common nest by weaving together the leaves of their food-plant. The species occurs in Ontario and the northern half of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. It is very local, the butter- flies remaining near the bogs or moist meadows where the food-plant of the larva is found. The butterflies of the genus Phyciodes (Phy-ci-o'des) and the allied genera abound throughout our country. They are of small size, and of a fulvous color, heavily marked with black. Each species varies considerably in mark- ings, and different species resemble each other quite closely, making this a difficult group for the begin- ning student. Figure 470 repre- ^^<^^ nycteis. sents a common species. II. The Fritillaries (Frit^il-la-ries) or the Argynnids (Ar- gyn'nids).—This group includes butterflies varying from a little below to somewhat above medium size. The color of the wings is fulvous, bordered and checkered with black, but not so heavily bordered as in the crescent-spots. The lower surface of the hind wings is often marked with curving rows of silvery spots. This is a large group containing many species, which are extremely difficult to separate. More than fifty species occur in America north of Mexico. The larvse feed upon the leaves of Pleas
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