HESS] COLOR KEY TO THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES 245 



CC. Front wings with double row of yellow spots. 



1. Hind wing with yellow band across the middle. 



Black Swallowtail, male. 



2. Hind wing with a row of blue spots between the 



outer and inner row of yellow spots. 



Black Swallowtail, female. 

 BB. Hind wings without tails. 

 C . Wings with white markings . 



1. With wide white band across the middle of both 



wings. 



Banded Purple or White Admiral. 



2. With band across only the front wings. 



The Hybrid Purple. 



3. Diagonal red band across front wings which are 



spotted with white near tips. Orange red 

 border to hind wings. 



Red Admiral. 



4. Wings bordered with orange yellow spots and 



outer third checkered with cream_ white. 

 Rather small. 



The Baltimore. 



5. Small blackish buttei*flies, peppered with white, 



with tips of antennae bent. Belong to the 

 family of 



Skippers. 

 CC. Wings with no white markings. 



1. Hind wings with border of three rows of blue or 



greenish spots, and underneath a border of 

 seven orange spots just within a double row of 

 blue or green spots. 



The Red-spotted Purple. 



2. Wings with brownish tinge with broad border of 



pale yellow. Just inside the border a row of 

 blue or purplish spots. 



The Mourning Cloak. 

 AAA. Butterflies with general color of copper red or brick color. 

 B. Large, with wing expanse of 2 >^ to 4 inches. 

 C. Veins completely outlined with black. 



I. With no transverse black band across hind wing. 



The Monarch. 



