. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. d, pupa; e, imago, roa!e, tVdotted lino showing form of female. middle of the fore wings with a slight yellow fore wings have two ocelli, the hind wings seven,all annulate with pale yellow, and all but one on eachwing with a pupil, the pupil of those on the hind wingspale blue. The mature larvae, as described by Professor Riley, arerather more than an inch long, of a pea-green color, witha series of yellow spots along the middle of the back,and three yellow lines on each side, the
. The butterflies of the eastern United States; for the use of classes in zoology, and private students. d, pupa; e, imago, roa!e, tVdotted lino showing form of female. middle of the fore wings with a slight yellow fore wings have two ocelli, the hind wings seven,all annulate with pale yellow, and all but one on eachwing with a pupil, the pupil of those on the hind wingspale blue. The mature larvae, as described by Professor Riley, arerather more than an inch long, of a pea-green color, witha series of yellow spots along the middle of the back,and three yellow lines on each side, the intermediate oneundulating, often obsolete on the anterior part of eachjoint, and containing a little lead-colored dimple. The EASTERN UNITED STATES. 217 body is more or less thickly granulated with pale papillae;swells in the middle, from which it tapers both ways, theanal extremity ending in two horns. The back and sidesare flattened, the latter sloping slightly roof most characteristic feature is the head, which, thoughvariable in color, is always surmounted in this stage by Fig. A. CeltiB: j, egg, magnified; g, larva, lateral view; h, imago, under side; i, j, k, I, m,the five different larval heads; n, o, dorsal and lateral view of larval joiut, enlarged. two antlers. The heads in the different stages are wellrepresented in Fig. 64. The second brood of larvae after passing the second orthird moult cease to eat, station themselves on the underside of a leaf, shrink in size and change their color some-what, and become torpid. In this state they hibernate. Food-plant, hackberry. Virginia to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Valley. 77. Apatura Alicia, Edw. Expanse of wings inches. Upper surface dull fulvous, a little more than the outerhalf of fore wings dark brown, except the hind marginK 19 218 TSE BUTTERFLIES OF THE and a spur from the posterior angle. The cell has thethree marks of the preceding species, also the row ofspots beyond the cell, but the th
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