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does not appear to be so abundant as the first ; we have no knowledge 

 whatever ot its subsequent history ; probably the eggs are laid in August 

 and hatch at once, the caterpillars attaining their growth in the latter part 

 of September and transforming to chrysalids before winter. 



C. violacea [after quoting Mr. Edwards' statement of its seasons in 

 W. Virginia, as given in the Butterflies of N. America, the account con- 

 tinues] — In the north, however, it appears and disappears much later, 

 for it makes its advent during the first week in May, both sexes becoming 

 abundant toward the end of the month, and it still remains upon the wing 

 throughout June ; one specimen has been taken in Walpole, N. H. 

 (Smith), as late as the 7th of July. Of its further history we know 

 nothing ; probably the eggs are laid in June and the caterpillar transforms 

 in July, the chrysalids remaining unchanged until spring. 



C. Lucia. — It is a single brooded insect and the first of our butterflies 

 to appear fresh from the chrysalis in spring. The earliest specimens 

 gladden our eyes about the middle of April, although often delayed a 

 week by inclement weather ; the earliest recorded date is that of April 

 14 (W. Roxbury, Mass.-Faxon). It becomes abundant a week after it s 

 advent and continues so throughout the first half of May, when it begins 

 rapidly to decrease and by the end of the month is seldom seen. In 

 elevated and northern localities it is unquestionably later in its appearance 

 and disappearance, since male specimens (rubbed indeed) have been 



taken in Williamstown, Mass., as late as the middle of June (Scudder), in 

 the White Mts. not uncommonly up to the 17th of the month (Scudder), 

 and occasional specimens even on the 23rd-24th (Sanborn), while in 

 Quebec it is "very abundant at the end of May" (Bowles), and in 

 Southern Labrador was " common from the first of June to the end of 

 July " (Couper). In Alaska, the females taken during the first week in 

 June (Dall) were rubbed, but this may have been due to poor collecting 

 implements. In New England the eggs are laid towards the middle of 

 May ; this state probably continues a week, but how soon the caterpillar 

 becomes full grown is unknown ; it undoubtedly hybernates in the chry- 

 salis state. 



