. The butterfly book : a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Ageronia (2) Pyrrhanaea morrisoni, Edwards, Plate XXIV, Fig. 2, ? (Morrison's Goatweed Butterfly). Btitierfly, S .— Much like P. andria, but more brilliantly and lustrously red on the upper side, and marked with paler macular bands like the female. ? .— Differing from the female of P. andria in the more mac- ular, or spotted, arrangement of the light bands on the wings, as is well shown in the plate. Expanse, inches. Early Stages.— Unknown. This species occurs in Arizona and


. The butterfly book : a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Ageronia (2) Pyrrhanaea morrisoni, Edwards, Plate XXIV, Fig. 2, ? (Morrison's Goatweed Butterfly). Btitierfly, S .— Much like P. andria, but more brilliantly and lustrously red on the upper side, and marked with paler macular bands like the female. ? .— Differing from the female of P. andria in the more mac- ular, or spotted, arrangement of the light bands on the wings, as is well shown in the plate. Expanse, inches. Early Stages.— Unknown. This species occurs in Arizona and Mexico. (3) Pyrrhanaea , Plate XXIV, Fig. 3, ,3 (Portia). Butterfly.—Splendid purplish-red on the upper side. On the under side the fore wings are laved with bright yellow on the basal and inner marginal tracts, and the secondaries are dark brown, irrorated with blackish scales arranged in spots and striae. Expanse, inches. Early Stages.—Unknown. Portia occurs in the extreme southern part of Florida and in the Antilles. Genus AGERONIA, Hiibner (The Calicoes) Butterfly.—The antennae moderately long, delicate, terminated in a gradually thickened club. The eyes are naked; the palpi are compressed, only slightly porrect, not densely covered with scales. The neuration isalikeinbothsexes, thecostaland themedian veins greatly thickened toward the base. The first and second subcostals arise from before the end of the cell; the fourth and fifth sub- costals arise from a common stem emitted from the third subcostal beyond the end of the cell. The cells in both the fore and hind wings are closed. The butterflies are of medium or large size, curiously marked with checkered spots, blue and white, with broad paler shades on the under side of the secondaries. They are rapid fliers and are said to alight on the trunks of trees with ^ , . ^ , , , , . , , F'G- 112.— Neuration their v/ings expanded and their heads the genus Ageronia. 193. Please note that t


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