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THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



roLYGONiA intkur(>(;atioxis fabricii. 

 With concolorous wings. 



Grapta interror/ationis Gosse, Newm. 

 E lit., 138 (1840);— Lintii., Trans, Aiiier. eiit. 

 soc.,ii: 313-319(1869); iii: 197-204 (1870). 



Nymphalis interrogationis Kirb., Syn. cat. 

 Lep., 648 (1871). 



(irapta interrogationis var. fabricii Edw., 

 Butt. N. A., 1, Grapta 4(1871). 



Polygonia interrogationis Scudd., Syst. 

 rev. Amer. butt., 10 (1872). 



Vanessa p. interrogationis God., Encyci. 

 mtth., ix: 301-302 (1819). 



Vanessa c-aureum Boisd.-LcC, Lt'p. 

 Am6r. sept., 192-193, pi. 51, tigs. 1-4 (1833). 



Grapta fabricii Hdw.,Tvimfi. Am. ent. soc., 

 iii: 1-9 (1870). 



Va7iessnfabricii Kirb., Syn. cat. Lep., 181 

 (1871). 



Nymphalis fabricii Kirb., Syu. cat. Lep.i 

 648 (1871). 



Figured by Glover, 111. 

 fig. 6, ined. 



N. A. Lep., pi. 33, 



I><)LY(;OXrA INTEKKOGATIONIS UMBROSA. 



With l)ase of hind wings obscured above with 

 dusky tints. 



Papilio c-«?/reMHi Cram., Pap. exot., i: 28- 

 29, pi, 19, figs.E.F. (1779);— Abb., Draw. ins. 

 Ga. Brit, mus., vi:39, figs. 26-27; xvi:31, tab. 

 110; —Smith-Abb., Lep. ins. Ga., i : 21-22, pi. 

 11 (1797). 



Folygonia c-auretim Hiibn., Sainml. exot. 

 schinett., ii, Lep. i. Pap. 1, Nymph. 6, Hamadr. 

 D. ang., 2, tigs. 3-4 (1806). 



Grapta c-aureum Gosse, Newm. Entom., 

 138 (1840). 



Vanessa interrogationis Einin., Agric. N. 

 York. V : 207, figs. 3. -5 (1854). 



Grapta interrogationis Y,{\w., Trunin. Am. 

 ent. soc., iii: 1-9 (1870;. 



Grapta interrogationis var. umbrosa Edw. 

 Butt.N. A., i: Grapta 5 (1871). 



Grapta umbrosa Liiitn., Ti-aus. Am. eut. 

 soc.,ii. 313-319(1869); iii: 197-204(1870). 



Grapta crameri Scudd., Proc. Bost. soc 

 nat. hist., xiii: 276 (1870). 



Polygonia crameri Scudd., Syst. rev. Am. 

 butt., 10(1872). 



Figured by Glover, 111. N. A. Lep., pi. 33, 

 fig. 5, ined. 



[Not Pap. c-aureum Linn.]. 



Au dtJclin de rautomne, il est souvent des jours 

 Oil I'ann^e, on dirait, va se tromper dc cours. 

 Etl'on dit; '-N'est-ce pas le printemps qui rcvient?'' 



La fleur en tressaillant a regu la ros(5e; 



Le papillon revole a la rose bais6e, 



Et I'oiseau chante au ]>ois un ramage brillant. 



Sainte Beuvk.— PeHsee cfAutomne. 



Imago (3: 8, 10, 12, 13; 11:7). Head covered above ■with olivaceous hairs pos- 

 teriorly, aud vinous Avith many intermingled pale or whitish ones in the middle 

 and anteriorly, the sides with reddish fulvous scales backed by whitish ones; palpi 

 pale or whitish straw color beneath; on the sides, the first joint white with a few 

 scattered fulvous scales, the middle joint Avhite on the basal outer half, the apical 

 upper half being brownish fulvous and the superior fringe the same, mingled with 

 yellowish, especially at the apex; apical joint like the apical half of the middle joint, 

 the lower outer surface with distant, delicate, not very long, black hairs ; antennae above 

 Vjlackish, some of the basal joints very delicately annulate, with fulvous at their base; 

 beneath, where naked, pale luteous, edged exteriorly on the scaled portion, continuously 

 or nearly so Avith white, much more broadly at the bases of the joints than at their 

 apices, extending to about the middle of the basal half of the club; club like the 

 stalk, excepting that the apical three joints are bright luteous above, luteo-fus- 

 cous below; tongue very pale luteous, darker in the middle at the base and darker 

 beyond the first whorl. 



Thorax covered above with olivaceous brown scales and hairs, beneath with mingled 

 Ainous broAvn and pale hairs ; fore legs fringed Avith the same, but dark reddish broAvn 

 mingled Avith black in a slender stripe doAvn the middle of the front ; femora of the 

 other legs nacreous, excepting on the inner under surface Avhich is reddish brown, 

 sprinkled with a fcAvpale scales, and the tip Avhich is ycUoAvish or Avhite; rest of legs 

 pale straAv yelloAV Avitli a broAvuish tinge, paler on the tarsi than on the tibiae. Spines 



