. The butterflies of Maine .... Butterflies -- Maine. 58 BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. The eggs are green, barrel-shaped, with nine vertical ribs, highest at the top. Duration of this stage, live days. The Uirva draws together the edges of a leaf, within which it remains and feeds until forced Fig. 20 Egg of to leave for another, which it draws together in Pyrameis ataianta. thc samc manner. The mature larva is nearly an inch and half long, of various tints, from yellowish green to violet, powdered with gray, and armed with spines arranged as in Vanessa, 28. Pyrameis huntera, F. Py-ra-me'-is Imn'-te-r
. The butterflies of Maine .... Butterflies -- Maine. 58 BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. The eggs are green, barrel-shaped, with nine vertical ribs, highest at the top. Duration of this stage, live days. The Uirva draws together the edges of a leaf, within which it remains and feeds until forced Fig. 20 Egg of to leave for another, which it draws together in Pyrameis ataianta. thc samc manner. The mature larva is nearly an inch and half long, of various tints, from yellowish green to violet, powdered with gray, and armed with spines arranged as in Vanessa, 28. Pyrameis huntera, F. Py-ra-me'-is Imn'-te-ra. Expanse of wings, from two and one-fourth to two and one-half inches. Upper side of wings, tavvn}^ variegated and spotted with black and white. Hiud wings, marbled and streaked, with two large eye-like spots near the outer margins. The spots on the under side corresponding to these are black, with violet centers. This insect feeds on Gnajohalium polycephalum, drawing the leaves together into a rude case, within which it lives, feeding on the inner surface of the leaves, especially near the summit. The mature larva is one inch and a iifth long, w^ith a black head. The body above is alternately banded with rich blackish purple and yellowish green. The purple bands occupy the middle portion of each segment, and on these arise transverse rows of black, branching spines, as follows : —four each on the third, fourth and last, and seven on each of those between. On each side of the back, from the sixth to the tw^elfth segments, inclusive, is a round, silvery white Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Fernald, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1838-1921. Augusta [Me. ] : Sprague & Son
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