Genus Pyrameis 



a wide range, Pyrameis cardui being almost cosmopolitan, and 

 having a wider distribution than any other known butterfly. 



(1) Pyrameis atalanta, Linnaeus, Plate 

 XLIII, Fig. 4, $ ; Plate III, Fig. 35, larva; Plate 

 IV, Figs. 52, 53, 55, chrysalis (The Red Admi- 

 ral). 



This familiar butterfly, which is found 

 throughout North America, Europe, northern 

 Asia, and Africa, needs no description beyond 

 what is furnished in the plates. Expanse, 2.00 

 inches. The food-plants are Hiimulus, Bceh- 

 meria, and Urtica. 



(2) Pyrameis huntera, Plate I, Fig. 2, $ ; 

 FIG. 97. Neura- Plate XXXIII, Fig. 6, $, under side; Plate III, 



alis (Hunter's Butterfly). 



Butterfly. Marked much like the following species, but easily 

 distinguished at a glance by the two large eye-like spots on the 

 under side of the hind wings. Expanse, 2.00 inches. 



Early Stages. These have been frequently described, and are 

 in part well depicted in Plates III and IV. The food-plants are 

 cudweed (Gnaphatium) and Antennaria. 



Hunter's Butterfly ranges from Nova Scotia to Mexico and 

 Central America east of the Sierras. 



(3) Pyrameis cardui, Linnaeus, Plate I, Fig. I, $ ; Plate III, 

 Fig. 37, larva; Plate IV, Figs. 60-62, chrysalis (The Painted 

 Lady; The Thistle-butterfly). 



Butterfly. This is undoubtedly the most widely distributed 

 of all known butterflies, being found in almost all parts of the 

 temperate regions of the earth and in many tropical lands in both 

 hemispheres. It is easily distinguished from the preceding spe- 

 cies by the more numerous and much smaller eye-like spots on 

 the under side of the hind wings. Expanse, 2.00-2.25 inches. 



Early Stages. These have been again and again described at 

 great length and with minute particularity by a score of authors. 

 The food-plants of the caterpillar are thistles (Carduus], Urtica, 

 Cnicus, and Althcea. 



(4) Pyrameis caryae, Hubner, Plate XX, Fig. 12, $ (The 

 West Coast Lady). 



Butterfly. This species is easily distinguished from P. cardui, 



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