THE COMMONER BUTTERFLIES 



OF THE 



NOETHEEN UNITED STATES AND CANADA. 



FAMILY BEUSH-FOOTED BUTTEEFLIES. 



Subfamily Daxaids. 



1. Genus Anosia. 



ANOSIA PLEXIPPUS— THE MONARCH OR MILK-WEED 



BUTTERFLY. 



(Danais arcliippus, Danais erippus.) 



Butterfly. — Wings above and fore wings beneath rather light 

 tawny brown, the veins margined with black, and the wings 

 broadly margined with the same enlivened by a double row of 

 small whitish spots; besides, all the apex of the fore wings is 

 more or less black, but contains two or three dashes of obscure 

 tawny and, just beyond the cell, a couple of oblique series of 

 large buff-tawny spots, those nearest the front margin smaller, 

 elongate, and white. Beneath, the ground color of the hind 

 wings is buff, and the black veins are edged with some whitish 

 scales. The male is distinguished by a conspicuous thickened 

 black patch (really a pocket containing special scales) next one of 

 the veins near the middle of the hind wings. Expanse 4 inches. 



Caterpillar. — Head smooth and rounded, yellow, conspicuously 

 banded with black. Body cylindrical, tapering a little in front, 



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