32 Tkansactions of tpie Kansas 



These two forms have been bred from the same set of eggs by Mr. W. H. Edwards 

 of Va. 



29. comma Harris. — The Comma Butterfly. With a single curved silver spot 

 under each hind wing ; expands SJ^ to 2% inches ; not common ; feeds upon elm, 

 nettle and the hop vine. As in the preceding species, two varieties occur, both bred 

 from the same set of eggs, by Mr. Edwards. 



a. Var. Hurrisii Edwards; distinctlj^ marked on hind wings. 



b. Var. X>?'y«s Edwards ; hind wings obscure. 



Vanessa Fabricius. 



30. AntiopalAnn. — The Mourning Cloak. Brownish black, with yeli jw margins 

 preceded by a row of blue spots ; expands %% to o]4, inches. Not core mon ; feeds 

 on the willow, poplar, elm and hop ; is often very destructive elsewhere. 



Pykameis Hubner. 



31. Huntera Fab. — Hunter's Butterfly. Expands 2 to 2}^ inches; has two eye- 

 spots under each hind wing; common; feeds upon thistle, sunflower, and other 

 wild, coarse plants. 



32. cardui Linn. — The Thistle Butterfly. Expands 2% to 2^.£ inches ; has flve 

 eye-spots under each hind wing. Abundant ; feeds upon thistles, sunflowers, holly- 

 hock, burdocks, etc. 



33. Atalanta Linn. — Brownish black with red band across front wings and red 

 margin upon hind wings; expands 2}^ to 2^-q inches. Common; the caterpillar 

 feeds upon nettles, and has a peculiar protection from the poisonous prickles of its 

 food plant in the longer prickles with which its own body is covered ; also feeds 

 upon the hop. 



Junonia Hubner. 



34. Lavinia Cramer. — Brown, with whitish band enclosing a large eye-spot upon 

 each front wing; two eye-spots upon each hind wing; expands 2 to 2}^ inches; 

 feeds upon plantain and toad-flax; common. 



LiMENiTis Fabricius. 



35. Ursula Fabr. — Black, with a bluish tinge which deepens upon the hind wings, 

 exi^ands 3 to 33^ inches. Not common ; feeds on the gooseberry, apple, quince, 

 plum, oak, hornbeam, hawthorn, willow and wild cherr3\ 



36. misipp'.is Fabr. — Similar in color to the Arcliippus butterfl}', but with a nar- 

 row black band across the hind wings ; expands 3 to d% inches. Common ; feeds 

 on the Cottonwood, apple, oak, poplar, plum and willow. This species and the pre- 

 ceding are remarkable among butterflies for hibernating in the catterpillar state. 

 The marked resemblance between this species and No. 18, furnishes an illustration 

 of so-called "protective mimicrj'." 



Apatttra Fabricius. 



37. celtis Bois.-Lec. — Grayish-brown, with white and black spots ; eight eye-spots 

 under each hind wing (one double) ; expands 2 inches. Common ; feeds upon the 

 hackberry. 



38. clyt07i Bois.-Lec. — Tawny brown ; seven eye-spots under each hind wing ; 

 expands 2 to 2^^ inches. Rare ; feeds upon the hackberry. 



Paphia Westwood. 



39. glycerium Doubl. — Copper red ; expands 2% to 3 inches. Common ; feeds 

 upon the two species of goatweed found in this region {Croton capitatus and G. monan- 

 thogt/nus). The two sexes differ so much in coloration as to be easily mistaken for 

 distinct species. This species is double brooded and hibernates in the imago con- 

 dition. 



