. The butterfly book : a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Kricogonia (3) Catopsilia agarithe, Boisduval, Plate XXXIll, Fig. i, S (The Large Orange Sulphur). Butterfly.—About the same size as C. etibulc, but deep orange on both sides of the wings. The wings of the female are bordered somewhat heavily with brown, and are duller in color than those of the male. Expanse, inches. Early Stages.—The caterpillar, which resembles that of eiibule, feeds upon various species of Cassia. The chrysalis is also much like that of cuhulc. We need, h
. The butterfly book : a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies. Genus Kricogonia (3) Catopsilia agarithe, Boisduval, Plate XXXIll, Fig. i, S (The Large Orange Sulphur). Butterfly.—About the same size as C. etibulc, but deep orange on both sides of the wings. The wings of the female are bordered somewhat heavily with brown, and are duller in color than those of the male. Expanse, inches. Early Stages.—The caterpillar, which resembles that of eiibule, feeds upon various species of Cassia. The chrysalis is also much like that of cuhulc. We need, however, fuller information than that which we possess, drawn, for the most part, from the pages of authors who wrote in the last century. The species occurs in the hot parts of the Gulf States, and is common throughout tropical America. Genus KRICOGONIA, Reakirt. Butterfly.—Medium sized, bright yellow on the upper and lower sides, with some dark markings, especially in the male. The primaries in the male are generally quite strongly falcate. Early Stages.—Nothing has, as yet, been sat- isfactorily ascertained in relation to these. The genus is not large, and is confined to the tropical regions of the New World, being represented in our fauna in the vicinity of the city of Brownsville, in Texas. (i) Kricogonia lyside,Godart (form terissa, Lucas), Plate XXXIV, Fig. 20, 3 ; Fig. 21, ? (Ly- side). Butterfly.—This insect, which may easily be distinguished from all its allies by its peculiar markings, is found in Florida and Texas, and is widely spread over the Antilles and tropical America. We know nothing of its life- history. A number of closely allied forms, reckoned as species, are known from the Antilles and Central America. They are so closely related to each other that it is believed that they are possibly only varieties or local races. We cannot, however, be sure of this until the test of breeding has been applied. Expanse, inches. 287 Fig. 145.—Neu- ra
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