tienus Pyrameis 
a wide range, Pyrameis cardui being almost cosmopolitan, and 
having a wider distribution than any other known butterfly. 
(1) Pyrameis atalanta, Linnaeus, Plate 
XLIII, Fig. 4, 6 ; Plate III, Fig. 35, larva; Plate 
IV, Figs. 52, 53, 55, chrysalis (The Red Admi¬ 
ral). 
This familiar butterfly, which is found 
throughout North America, Europe, northern 
Asia, and Africa, needs no description beyond 
what is furnished in the plates. Expanse, 2.00 
inches. The food-plants are Humulus, Boch¬ 
in eria, and Ur tic a. 
(2) Pyrameis huntera, Plate I, Fig. 2, $ ; 
Fig. 97. —Neura- Plate XXXIII, Fig. 6, 6 , under side; Plate III, 
tion of the genus Py- pjg. ^ larva; Plate IV, Figs. 54, 63, 64, chrys- 
a u s (Hunter’s Butterfly). 
Butterfly. —Marked much like the following species, but easily 
distinguished at a glance by the two large eye-like spots on the 
under side of the hind wings. Expanse, 2.00 inches. 
Early Stages. —These have been frequently described, and are 
in part well depicted in Plates III and IV. The food-plants are 
cudweed ( Gnaphalium ) and Antennaria. 
Hunter’s Butterfly ranges from Nova Scotia to Mexico and 
Central America east of the Sierras. 
(3) Pyrameis cardui, Linnaeus, Plate I, Fig. 1, $ ; Plate III, 
Fig. 37, larva; Plate IV, Figs. 60-62, chrysalis (The Painted 
Lady; The Thistle-butterfly). 
Butterfly. —This is undoubtedly the most widely distributed 
of all known butterflies, being found in almost all parts of the 
temperate regions of the earth and in many tropical lands in both 
hemispheres. It is easily distinguished from the preceding spe¬ 
cies by the more numerous and much smaller eye-like spots on 
the under side of the hind wings. Expanse, 2.00-2.25 inches. 
Early Stages. —These have been again and again described at 
great length and with minute particularity by a score of authors. 
The food-plants of the caterpillar are thistles ( Carduus ), Urtica, 
Cnicus , and Althcea. 
(4) Pyrameis caryse, Hiibner, Plate XX, Fig. 12, $ (The 
West Coast Lady). 
Butterfly. —This species is easily distinguished from P. cardui\ 
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