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NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [13:6— Sept, 191' 



W-'MfM' 



The Buckeye. — This is a 

 southern butterfly that pushes 

 northward late in the season. 

 It has two eye spots on each 

 front and hind wing, a large 

 lie and a small one. The 

 small one on the front wing is 

 often indistinct. Its general 

 color is brown with a few 

 copper red markings; there is diagonal yellow band across each 

 front wing. A very similar species is com.mon on the Pacific Coast. 

 The caterpillar is dark gray with lengthwise yellow stripes and 

 spotted with yellow, and orange. It is ornamented with branching 

 spines. It feeds upon gerardin, figw^orts, snapdragon and plantain. 



'Boo!" 

 The Buckeye 



THE THISTLE BUTTERFLIES 



Three of the angle wings are called the thistle butterflies because 

 they are particularly fond of the nectar of thistle blossom.s, and 

 each one bears on the lower side of the wings a band of rich rose- 

 color, which well m.atches the color of the thistle flowers. 

 ' The Red Admiral. — 

 This is one of our m.ost 

 striking and beautiful 

 butterflies. The wings 

 beneath are beautifully 

 mottled and the front 

 wings bear a diagonal 

 band of rich rose-red. 

 Its caterpillar is dull 

 yellow, m.ottled with 

 black with a yellow 

 stripe along the side; 

 it has m.any spines. It 

 feeds upon nettles and 

 hops. 



The Painted Beauty and Cosmopolite.— Th^sQ two species 

 resemble each other very much ; each has the hind half of the front 

 wing colored rose-]:)ink on the lower side ; on the hind wing of the 

 painted beauty are two eyesi^ots while on the cosmopolite there are 

 five or six smaller ones in a row. The caterpillar of the painted 



The Red Admiral 



Expanse a little less than two and one-half 

 inches. Color purplish-black with white 

 spots near the tips of the front wings. 

 Orange-red band across front wings and 

 bordering middle part of hind wings. 



