. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 4; â ?! 1542 THE BUTTf:RFLIKS OF NEW ENGLAND. ii â :. closely allied H. nyrichtiis was noticed hy me in Cuba as flying not very swiftly scarcely a few indies above tiie ground, and witli less of the skip- ping movement than is ccnimon among the Ilcsperidae. When it alights in the sun, it expands tiie wings completely; when it first alights, the cos- tal edges of the fore wings form a common straight line or they may be slightly adva
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. 4; â ?! 1542 THE BUTTf:RFLIKS OF NEW ENGLAND. ii â :. closely allied H. nyrichtiis was noticed hy me in Cuba as flying not very swiftly scarcely a few indies above tiie ground, and witli less of the skip- ping movement than is ccnimon among the Ilcsperidae. When it alights in the sun, it expands tiie wings completely; when it first alights, the cos- tal edges of the fore wings form a common straight line or they may be slightly advanced ; wiien at more perfect rest, tlie fore wings nearly cover the hind pair, so tiiat tlie costal margins of the former make an angle of about 135° with each other; the antennae tlien droop at an angle of about 45° with the body and spread at an angle of al)out 150". Desiderata. Xo facts concerning tlie distriliution of this insect in the Al- leghanian fauna, or west of the great plains, can fail of adding to our very meagre knowledge of the distribution of this butterflv. But what we most Do k need are more details concerning the structure and markings of the insect in its early stages, for tlie egg and the earlier larval stages are almost en- tirely unknown, and the chrysalis imperfectly descrilied. So, too, no one has attempted to trace its life history, and the skctcli given here is only made up from scattered notes of capture ; not a line has been written of the larval haliits nor much of those of tiie butterfly. And yet in the south it is one of the commonest species and can be easily reared. We do not even know iiow the winter is passed, judging tliat it is in the chrysalis onlv bv the iinaloffv of its congeners which are said to do so. LI&'T OF MOXTIVAGA. General. PI. 29, fig. 2. Distriliiition in N'ortb Anwi'lcii. Oiterpillar. PI. 77, fig. 14,17. Miiture oatprpillHrs. 80: -to. Frotit view of boiul, ii'. iifth stago. Cltry.^ol
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