Genus Euptoieta 
This species has been taken as far north as Long Island and 
Connecticut, though it is a very rare visitant in New England; it 
is quite common in Virginia and thence southward, and occurs 
not infrequently in southern Illinois and Indiana, ranging west¬ 
ward and southward over the entire continent to the Isthmus of 
Panama, and thence extending over the South American conti¬ 
nent, wherever favorable conditions occur. 
(2) Euptoieta hegesia, Cramer, Plate VIII, Fig. 8, £ (The 
Mexican Fritillary). 
The upper side is marked very much as in the preceding 
species, but all the lines are finer and somewhat more regular, 
and the basal and discal areas of the hind wings are without dark 
spots in most specimens. The under side is less mottled and 
more uniformly dark rusty-brown than in E. claudia. Expanse, 
about 2 inches. 
The life-history of this species has not as yet been thoroughly 
worked out, but there is every reason to believe that the insect 
in its early stages very closely approaches the Variegated Frit¬ 
illary. It is a Southern form, and only occasionally is taken in 
Arizona and southern California. It is common in Central and 
South America. 
LUTHER’S SADDEST EXPERIENCE 
“ Oft upon his locks so hoary 
Water fell from upper story; 
Oft a turnip or potato 
“ Luther, he was persecuted, 
Excommunicated, hooted, 
Disappointed, egged, and booted; 
Yelled at by minutest boys, 
Waked up by nocturnal noise, 
Scratched and torn by fiendish cats, 
Highwayed by voracious rats. 
Of a diet of worms 
He was forced to partake— 
Of a diet of worms 
For the Protestants’ sake; 
Munching crawling caterpillars, 
Beetles mixed with moths and millers; 
Instead of butter, on his bread, 
A sauce of butterflies was spread. 
Was not this a horrid feast 
For a Christian and a priest? 
Struck upon his back or pate, Oh! 
And wherever he betook him, 
A papal bull was sure to hook him. 
“ Now, if you do not credit me, 
Consult D’Aubigne’s history. 
You ’ll find what I have told you 
Most fearfully and sternly true.” 
u But the saddest of all 
I am forced to relate: 
Yale Literary Magazine, 1852. 
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