. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. ORDER IV. MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 199 the minds of all, both young and old. For this reason, if for no other, would we acknowledge our indebtedness to the great Linnajus, and endeavor, as far as possible, to preserve his scholarly fancies. According to his arrangement the butterflies are divided into five difierent families, which contain: 1. Knights, with prolonged hind wings, resembling the tail of swallows. 2. Heuconians, with narrow, oblong fore wings, and short hind wings. 3. Danaidje, with round wings. 4. Fymphalid^e, wi
. The life of North American insects [microform]. Insects; Insectes. ORDER IV. MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 199 the minds of all, both young and old. For this reason, if for no other, would we acknowledge our indebtedness to the great Linnajus, and endeavor, as far as possible, to preserve his scholarly fancies. According to his arrangement the butterflies are divided into five difierent families, which contain: 1. Knights, with prolonged hind wings, resembling the tail of swallows. 2. Heuconians, with narrow, oblong fore wings, and short hind wings. 3. Danaidje, with round wings. 4. Fymphalid^e, with denticulated wings. 6. Plebeians, comprising all other small buttei*flieg. The system of Linnaeus, however, has undergone so many changes by different entomologists in France, Ger- many, and England, that it would be only fatiguing to enu- merate and explain all these divisions, even if our limits would allow it. We must, therefore, for the present, rest satisfied with a brief notice of a few of the most conspicuous species of butterflies that abound in North America, par- ticularly those common in the United States. One of these is the Piiilodice (Colias philodice), Fig. 47. It is found abundantly during the whole summer, sucking the iuices of flowers, ** ' FiBure 47. particularly the thistles, or sitting on the surface of mud-puddles, and in every part of the Un- ion, Mexico, and the An- tilles. Its caterpillar is green, and is principal- ly found on clover. The whole genus Co- lias is easily distinguished, being always of a more or less bright-yellow color, with spots, on a black border on the. The Philodice. i!!'i i Fli ) i 1 || i 'A /â '., â !â ;, B: ] : M M u I PI I-. 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 Jaeger, B. (Benedict); Preston, H. C. (Henry C. ). New York : Harper
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