Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . er west, especially alongthe Blackwater River, this butterfly is locally frequent, and in someplaces rather common. The female on the under side (fig. 42, A, B)is just like the male and is easily distinguished from the female ofthe pearly eye (£. portlandia), wdiich usually, though not always,occurs with it. Both of these butterflies are to be looked for whereverthe great cane (Aruiidiiiaria gigaiifca), apparently their food plant,is seen in the swamps. The swamps along the Blackwater and Meherrin Rivers and thewestern border o
Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .. . er west, especially alongthe Blackwater River, this butterfly is locally frequent, and in someplaces rather common. The female on the under side (fig. 42, A, B)is just like the male and is easily distinguished from the female ofthe pearly eye (£. portlandia), wdiich usually, though not always,occurs with it. Both of these butterflies are to be looked for whereverthe great cane (Aruiidiiiaria gigaiifca), apparently their food plant,is seen in the swamps. The swamps along the Blackwater and Meherrin Rivers and thewestern border of the Dismal Swamp contain other surprising a swamp along the Meherrin River near Emporia we found thegrass nymph (Satyrodes eiirydicc), and Dr. G. W. Rawson found itin a swamp near New Bohemia on the Blackwater. Elsewhere wehave found this species only in Fairfax County, and at Burks Gardenin Tazewell County. At Zuni on the Blackwater River we were sur-prised to find the great spangled fritillary (Argynuis cybele), which 47 48 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. ilG. 40. -In the niiddlc of the Dahl Swamp, Accomac County, Va. The homeof Atrvtonc dioii aJabamac.
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