. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. int. Below this area it is pale green, and alongthe base more or less brown. Joints 11 to 13 aremottled in shades of green, often with brown, and joint2 is either green or brown; if the latter, then with abrown patch in the depression. Color in summer, some-times white or delicate green, joint 2 being brown ; or theridge is light green and the sides dark, often with brownpatches over all; or light green, with a dorsal maculardeep green band, and a similar one along the base; orthe whole sur
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. int. Below this area it is pale green, and alongthe base more or less brown. Joints 11 to 13 aremottled in shades of green, often with brown, and joint2 is either green or brown; if the latter, then with abrown patch in the depression. Color in summer, some-times white or delicate green, joint 2 being brown ; or theridge is light green and the sides dark, often with brownpatches over all; or light green, with a dorsal maculardeep green band, and a similar one along the base; orthe whole surface may be wine-red or even chocolate-brown. Color in fall, green, with more or less brownin irregular patches. Head dark brown. The chrysalis is dark brown or yellow-brown, varying,the wing-cases dark, and sometimes green-tinted. Onthe abdomen are two subdorsal rows of blackish dots,sometimes a dark dorsal line. In addition to the food-plants already given, Apiostuhefi^osaj Erythrina herhacea, SpircEa salicifolia, Ceano-thus AmericanuSj Cornus, and Ilex may be specified. 292 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE. 124. Lyc^na Comyntas, Godt. Expanse of wings from .7 to 1 inch. Hind wings with one thread-like tail. The males are dark violet-blue above, with a narrow blackish outer border. Along the outer margin of ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ \\\vA wings are several black spots, and usually one or two orange crescents. The females are blackish brown, some specimens with bluish at the base, the black spots of the Lyc^na Comyntas left j^j^^^^ ^^j ^^^^^ obsCUre. wiugs, under sxae. o Under side whitish gray; bothwings with a double row of spots along the outer margin,the inner row crescents; between this and the cells a rowof black spots circled with white, the row on the hindwings broken twice. There is also a bar at the end ofeach cell, and on the hind wings a spot in the cell, andone above. Near the anal angle are two or three orangecrescents, enclosing each a black spot with a circle ofsilver scales. Accordi
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