A. E. Verrill — The Bermuda Islands. 



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Geddes the larva?, in Bermuda, feed on the common sage-bush 

 (Lantana). He found it very common in spring, but not easy to 

 capture on sunny days. Some individuals remain active all winter. 

 The ground-color of the wings, above, is dark rufous-brown. The 

 large ocellated spots are light orange, with black center, and paler 

 orange margins, surrounded by a narrow black edge ; the two trans- 

 verse anterior spots near base of fore wings are reddish orange, 

 bordered with black ; diagonal bar whitish. 



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Figure 124. — Buck-eye or Peacock Butterfly (Junonia ccenia); >\ wings reversed ; 

 enlarged about 1^. From Webster's International Dictionary. 



The larva is usually purplish brown above, yellowish on the sides, 

 with rows of dark branched spines the whole length ; two of them 

 on the head. 



In the United States it is found from southern New England to 

 the Gulf of Mexico, especially near the coast, but much more com- 

 monly southward. 



Asclepias Butterfly; Milk-weed Butterfly; Mo)>arch. (Anosia 

 plexippus (L.) Moore; Scudder= Danais plexippus Lat. = 

 Danais archippus Bois.-Lec, etc.) 



Plate LXXXII ; Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Plate LXXXIII ; Figure 2. 



This large orange-brown species, with white spots and dark brown 

 veins, is one of the most common Bermuda butterflies and occurs 

 during all the year. It was first recorded Nov. 17, 1847, by Ilurdis, 

 but he states that it was common every year.* 



Its larva is black, banded with yellow and white, and has four 

 long black filaments, two anteriorly, on the second thoracic segment, 



* Hurdis also records a buff-colored specimen ; perhaps a partial albino. 



