. 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. 173 wings, arranged as shown in the illustration. The body is slate- brown, thinly eovered with gray hairs. The under side of the wings is much lighter than the u[)[)er being light j'ellowish-ln'own in irregular bars on a white ground. There is, perhaps, greater variety both in regard to shape and col- oring to be found among the different species of the genus Uuda
. 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. 173 wings, arranged as shown in the illustration. The body is slate- brown, thinly eovered with gray hairs. The under side of the wings is much lighter than the u[)[)er being light j'ellowish-ln'own in irregular bars on a white ground. There is, perhaps, greater variety both in regard to shape and col- oring to be found among the different species of the genus Uudamus than in any of the other genera of the family. Many of our native species are comparatively large, measuring from one and one-half to two or more inches across the expanded wings. In this genera the antennre are bent into an acutely pointed hook. One of the largest,. Eiulamus proteus. and also one of the most attractive, of our native species is Eudamus proteus. This insect is two inches or more in expanse, the lower pair of wings being prolonged into tails somewhat resembling the Pai)ilios. The U})per wings are dark Ijrown, witli a nund)er of light yellowish, translucent s[>()ts arranged in two vague rows on the outer half of the wing. 'J'lie lower wings are also brown, covered on tlie inner half next the body with metallic-green hairs which, wlien the insect is alive and moving about in the sunshine, flash brilliant gi'een. The outer edges of both sets of wings are fringed with yellowish-brown, inter- rupted with black dots. The body is dark brown, clothed with green hairs. The under side of the insect is broAvn, mottled with darker brown. The yellowish spots are seen fi'om l)elow, but are less sharply. 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; Ba
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