. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. ;: JIXOMA COKXIA. 501 l^l;)^ tlierc U .still iiiiotlior bnioil, .;.-< in (ieorgiii, i)y Altixtt's notes, a Imttcrtly enicrjjred from the elirvsalis, iit'tor Iiiinjrinfr si f'ortnii.'lit, on Oetolier 14, i)iit iu'conliiif!; to Dr. Cliiipnian tlie autnnni hrood does not lieeonie nniner- ous nntil curly in <)<'tol)er, and hnttertlies continnc to enierjre until the middle of that mont'.i, and are al)niid,int until N'ov
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. ;: JIXOMA COKXIA. 501 l^l;)^ tlierc U .still iiiiotlior bnioil, .;.-< in (ieorgiii, i)y Altixtt's notes, a Imttcrtly enicrjjred from the elirvsalis, iit'tor Iiiinjrinfr si f'ortnii.'lit, on Oetolier 14, i)iit iu'conliiif!; to Dr. Cliiipnian tlie autnnni hrood does not lieeonie nniner- ous nntil curly in <)<'tol)er, and hnttertlies continnc to enierjre until the middle of that mont'.i, and are al)niid,int until N'ovemher. Doulileday, who ohseived it in Florida and elf<c\vliere. says it is "two-hrooded, the autmn- nal i)ro()d, hyhernatini^, and li'ivint; rise to a ijroad of larvae which are i'ull ii-rown in April, and of which the jjcrfcct insect appears early in ; Miss Murtfeldt found parasitized cifffs fjjivinj:; out the parasite on Aii^nist 2S in .Missouri, so that it is prohalilo thecg<;sarc laid there ahont the nn'd- dle of that nionih ; three were found "deposited at the tips and on the luider side of as many leaves" of (Jcrardia. It is possihie that there are two at the north ; as the hutterHy has heen found in New Kngland by far most frequently in the latter half of .\u}^ust and in Septeml)er, there is every reason to helieve that here too the butterHy hihernates ; and the numher of specimens taken and tha occasional capture of a July butterfly in a fresh condition suggests that the butterfly sometimes survives the winter, and that the July butterflies are their descendants ; of a spring brood, howe'ser, there are no signs whatever, the earliest recorded capture being Jidy 18. Probably all the August specimens belong to this brood. It is possible indeed that there is but a single brood, the later fresli specimens beii;g the laggards of a butterfly that has ventured too far north. But it seems to me most probable that all the July and early Au
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