. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. 180 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. Jii tlie early spring form, proljably most inimerous tlironglioiit the country, the upper side of tlie male (Fig. 1) is a rich satiny or a/AU'e. Lycajiia pseudaigiolus. Fig. 1. Male. hlue, deepest near the base of all four wings. The upper wings are margined outwardly with a narrow shading of blackish, widest and heaviest at tlie apex of the wing. Th
. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. 180 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. Jii tlie early spring form, proljably most inimerous tlironglioiit the country, the upper side of tlie male (Fig. 1) is a rich satiny or a/AU'e. Lycajiia pseudaigiolus. Fig. 1. Male. hlue, deepest near the base of all four wings. The upper wings are margined outwardly with a narrow shading of blackish, widest and heaviest at tlie apex of the wing. The lower wings are edged on their outer margin with a narrow, dark line. Both pairs of wings are fringed with gray, darker toward the apex of the upper wings, and interrupted on both wings with black dots. The body is black. Insects with these colors above have at least tliree varieties Lycajna pseudargiolus. Under side. Fig. 2. ]\rale. where the colors beneath differ. Fig. 2 is light gray beneath, having a row of lio-ht brown dots aloup- the outer maro-jn of all four wiiiQ-s enclosed on the inner side with a scalloped line of the same color. An irregular row of dark brown spots cross the upper wings near their outer margin, the remainder being plain gray, slightly darker along the upper margin. A numljcr of black spots are scattered over the lower wings. The thorax is light gray, the abdomen nearly white. In Fig. 3 the under side is bluish-gray, darker tlian Fig. 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 Denton, Sherman F. (Sherman Foote), 1856-1937; Bayer, Frederick M. , former owner. DSI. Boston : J. B. Millet
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