. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Euptoieta Chrysalis.— The chrysalis is dark brown, marked with a few small pale spots. This species ranges from the latitude of southern Virginia southward to Arizona and California. It is abundant also in the Antilles and Mexico. Genus EUPTOIETA, Doubleday Butterfly.— Butterflies of medium size, having wings of a yellowish-brown color, marked with black, the under side of the wings devoid of silvery spots such as are found in the gen- era Dione and Argynnis. The palpi have the second joint strongly developed, increas- ing in thickness from behind forw
. The butterfly book;. Butterflies. Genus Euptoieta Chrysalis.— The chrysalis is dark brown, marked with a few small pale spots. This species ranges from the latitude of southern Virginia southward to Arizona and California. It is abundant also in the Antilles and Mexico. Genus EUPTOIETA, Doubleday Butterfly.— Butterflies of medium size, having wings of a yellowish-brown color, marked with black, the under side of the wings devoid of silvery spots such as are found in the gen- era Dione and Argynnis. The palpi have the second joint strongly developed, increas- ing in thickness from behind forward, and thickly covered with long hair; the third joint is very small and pointed; the antennae are ter- minated by a conspicuous pear-shaped club. The cell of the fore wing is closed by a very feeble lower discocellular vein, which unites with the median vein at the origin of the second median nervule; the cell of the hind wing is open, Fig. 88.—Neura- though occasionally there are traces of a feebly ^E^t'^^t^^ ^^""^ developed lower discocellular vein on this wing. The outer margin of the fore wing is slightly ex- cavated below the apex; the outer margin of the hind wing is some- what strongly produced at the end of the third median nervule. Egg.— Short, subconical, with from thirty to forty vertical ribs, pale green in color. Caterpillar.— The caterpillar is cylindrical, with short branch- ing spines arranged in longitudinal rows upon the body, the spines on the first segment being bent forward over the head. The head is somewhat smaller in the mature stage than the body. Chrysalis.—The chrysalis is suspended, marked upon its dorsal side with a number of small angular eminences, with the head and the ventral side evenly rounded. The larva of these insects feeds upon the various species of passion-flower. It is also said to feed upon violets. The butter- flies frequent open fields, and are sometimes exceedingly abun- dant in worn-out lands in the Souther
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