Genus Euptoieta 



Chrysalis. The chrysalis is dark brown, marked with a few 

 small pale spots. 



This species ranges from the latitude of southern Virginia 

 southward to Arizona and California. It is abundant also in the 

 Antilles and Mexico. 



Genus EUPTOIETA, Doubleday 



Butterfly. Butterflies of medium size, having wings of a 

 yellowish-brown color, marked with black, the under side of 

 the wings devoid of silvery spots such as are found in the gen- 

 era Dione and Argynnis. The palpi have 

 the second joint strongly developed, increas- 

 ing in thickness from behind forward, and 

 thickly covered with long hair; the third joint 

 is very small and pointed; the antennae are ter- 

 minated by a conspicuous pear-shaped club. The 

 cell of the fore wing is closed by a very feeble 

 lower discocellular vein, which unites with the 

 median vein at the origin of the second median 

 nervule; the cell of the hind wing is open, 

 FIG. 88. Neura- though occasionally there are traces of a feebly 

 c 0r L^ the genus developed lower discocellular vein on this wing. 



Euptoieta. 



The outer margin of the fore wing is slightly ex- 

 cavated below the apex ; the outer margin of the hind wing is some- 

 what strongly produced at the end of the third median nervule. 



Egg. Short, subconical, with from thirty to forty vertical, 

 ribs, pale green in color. 



Caterpillar. The caterpillar is cylindrical, with short branch- 

 ing spines arranged in longitudinal rows upon the body, the 

 spines on the first segment being bent forward over the head. 

 The head is somewhat smaller in the mature stage than the body. 



Chrysalis. The chrysalis is suspended, marked upon its 

 dorsal side with a number of small angular eminences, with the 

 head and the ventral side evenly rounded. 



The larva of these insects feeds upon the various species of 

 passion-flower. It is also said to feed upon violets. The butter- 

 flies frequent open fields, and are sometimes exceedingly abun- 

 dant in worn-out lands in the Southern States. 



There are two species of this genus, both of which are found 



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