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THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



the fore wings are black, spotted with white toward the 

 tips and orange toward the shoulders. Round the black 



Cynthia Huntera. 



bo^d^-r of the hind wings are some small crescent-shaped 

 black spots, inside oF which is a row of black dots. The 

 under side of the wings of the Cynthia Huntera are more 

 beautiful than those of any other butterfly we have ex- 

 amined. The hind wings are very delicately marbled with 

 drab and white. On the margin are delicate lines of drab 

 and white, and just inside four purplish spots. On the 

 male there are only two of these spots, and they are much 

 larger than those on the female and edged with white. 

 The fore wings are beautifully spotted with pink, black 

 and white on a drab ground. This specimen of Frank's 

 is very perfect, and bright in color, as it has only just 

 now come forth from the chrysalis. A few weeks later 

 you will find these butterflies very common. They are 

 not large, expanding at the most only two and a half 



