. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Adelpha I seemed to grow cold as I listened To the words that these butterflies spoke; With fear overcome, I was speechless and dumb, And then with a start— I awoke ! " Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Genus ADELPHA, Hubner (The Sisters) Butterfly.—This genus is very closely allied to the preceding, and is the South American representative of Basilarchia. The only difference which is noticeable structurally is in the fact that the eyes are hairy, the palpi not so densely clothed with scales. The prothoracic legs of the males are smaller than in Basilarchia. T
. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Adelpha I seemed to grow cold as I listened To the words that these butterflies spoke; With fear overcome, I was speechless and dumb, And then with a start— I awoke ! " Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Genus ADELPHA, Hubner (The Sisters) Butterfly.—This genus is very closely allied to the preceding, and is the South American representative of Basilarchia. The only difference which is noticeable structurally is in the fact that the eyes are hairy, the palpi not so densely clothed with scales. The prothoracic legs of the males are smaller than in Basilarchia. The cell of the primaries is very slightly closed by the lower discocel- lular vein, which reaches the median a little be- yond the origin of the second median nervule. The outer margin of the fore wing is rarely excavated, as in Basilarchia, and the lower extremity of the hind wing near the anal angle is generally more produced than in the last-mentioned genus. Early Stages. —The life-history of the genus has not been carefully worked out, but an account has been published recently of the caterpillar of the only species found within our fauna, which shows that, while in general F'g. 109.—Neurationof resembling the caterpillars of the genus Basil- ^S^""^ archia, the segments are adorned with more branching spines and with short fleshy tubercles, giving rise to small clusters of hairs. The chrysalids are of a peculiar form, with bifid heads and broad wing-cases. They are generally brown in color, with me- tallic spots. The only species in our fauna is confined to southern California, Arizona, and Mexico. (i) Adelpha californica, Butler, Plate XXII, Fig. 2, ? (The Californian Sister). Butterfly.— Easily recognized by the large subtriangular patch of orange-red at the apex of the primaries. In its habits and 187. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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