. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. NYMI'IIALINAK: TUV. GEM'S nASILAUCHIA. 259 The l)ut ci'Mv appears, therefore, to l)e at tlio same time hoth snij;le and doul)lc brooded. Dr. Hrever's account of Liiiienitis silnlhi is as foUows (Aim. Soc. ent. Heljf., v: <)2-<)H) :— Till' viiix i^ liiiil Ileal' tlic tip of hoiicysiicklo [LimiciTiiJ Iciivos; two lire rarely placoil oil one anil tlie same leiil". and tin; leaves of small plants are prefiu'red by the female. The
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. NYMI'IIALINAK: TUV. GEM'S nASILAUCHIA. 259 The l)ut ci'Mv appears, therefore, to l)e at tlio same time hoth snij;le and doul)lc brooded. Dr. Hrever's account of Liiiienitis silnlhi is as foUows (Aim. Soc. ent. Heljf., v: <)2-<)H) :— Till' viiix i^ liiiil Ileal' tlic tip of hoiicysiicklo [LimiciTiiJ Iciivos; two lire rarely placoil oil one anil tlie same leiil". and tin; leaves of small plants are prefiu'red by the female. The little eaterpiihir makes its llrst attack on tin; leaf on one side of the tip, and eats very modenilely. so tliat the leaf on which it was liorii answers all its needs until aiitnmii. by whielilimc^ it i- n'diiced to two small Haps next the pi^dieel. 'Po hibernate, tiie cater- pillar takes \ip its station on tliis pedicel, and pulls the two iol)es of the leaf over it-elf to form a small tnlie. 'I'lie pedicels whicli sci've tlie purpose of this siielter do not fall diirinir the winter, and coilectin;; tliem in tiie spriij; is llie ipiickest way of olitaiiiini; tlie caterpillar. 'I'lie latter is of a dirty yellow color, iinicli contracted, and armed witli prickly in'oinlneiices. In early sprlu;; it ipiits its shelter, cats something, changes its skin, assnmiiiir the livery in which it is well known. Iiecoines voracious, ijrows rapidly and conceals itself closely on the plant. Accordiiio' to Meyer Diir, fi'oni two to four caterpillars of this specie,* iire usually found on a plant, and the iiuttertly Hies in .Inly. Hoisduvid states th it there is sometimes a second lirood in Scptemhcr. Of another species of Linu-nitis, L. Camilla, IJoisdiival siiys that the c), the food of Xajas [)o[)uli, ii European insect the most netirly allied to ours, is the aspen, Pojiulus tremida. The habits of the youno- lai'va are described as precisely similar to those of Xymphalis, except that the mid
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