. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 763 A. JE. Verrill—77ie Bermuda Islands. 351 Oeddes. the larvae, in Bermuda, feed on the common sage-bush (Lantana). He found it very common in spring, but not eas}'' to capture on sunny days. Some individuals remain active all winter. The ground-color of the wings, above, is dark rufous-brown. The large ocellated spots are light orange, with black center, an
. The Bermuda islands. An account of their scenery, climate, productions, physiography, natural history and geology, with sketches of their discovery and early history, and the changes in their flora and fauna due to man. Natural history. 763 A. JE. Verrill—77ie Bermuda Islands. 351 Oeddes. the larvae, in Bermuda, feed on the common sage-bush (Lantana). He found it very common in spring, but not eas}'' to capture on sunny days. Some individuals remain active all winter. The ground-color of the wings, above, is dark rufous-brown. The large ocellated spots are light orange, with black center, and paler orange margins, surrounded by a nai-row black edge ; the two trans- verse anterior spots near base of fore wings are reddish orange, bordered with black ; diagonal bar whitish. ^^^.. Figure 124.—Buck-eye or Peacock Butterfly {Junonia cceyiia); r, wings reversed ; enlarged about 1^. From Webster's International Dictionary. The larva is usually purplish brown above, yellowish on the sides, with rows of dark branched spines the whole length ; two of them on the head. In the United States it is found from southern New England to the Gulf of Mexico, especially near the coast, but much more com- monly southward. Asclepias Butterfly; MilJc-ioeed JBiUterfly; MonarcJi. {Anosia plexippus (L.) Moore; Scudder=Z>a/^a^s plexippiis Lat. = Danais archippus , etc.) Plate LXXXII ; Figures 1, 3, 3, 4, 5. Plate LXXXIII ; Figure 2. This large orange-brown species, with white spots and dark brown veins, is one of the most common Bermuda butterflies and occurs during all the year. It was first recorded Nov. 17, 1847, by Hurdis, but he states that it was common every year.* Its larva is black, banded with yellow and white, and has four long black filaments, two anteriorly, on the second thoracic segment, * Hurdis also records a buff-colored specimen ; perhaps a partial Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enh
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