216 ohukr i.kpidoptkba. 



CiiKrmriiAiKfa piit.tA«. ('»j>prr liultrrfly. ( IMatf xlvi, fig. 4.) 



Color coiiiM^rrrtl alxtvc. K<in'wlnsH mnrKini*«l witli Mark : nrcn uf the dbc niarkcxl with 

 six or M'Vi'ii oliJoiiK Mark >iMi|.t. Ilinilulnir>t •ii^c <»i<l lx>'<<* <lu^ky blark : ]'«>strri<ir 

 mnrgiu rtti, trliniuml with aU'Ut aix l>hirk s|ni|.s. and rurni.shitl with ^hort tttjl>. Uc- 

 m:atii : Fi>n-wiim>, tlit- (ii.sc is uraiiKc or cu|>r(<>u'< orange, s|>utt(-(l willi Mark, and 

 niarKiniti with ush. llludwings, \msk luul (Use a.sli, ^IH>tll•I or il<.tt<i| wii)i \.\.:> k. .ukI 

 UmlrrtHl with faint copixT-rcd. 

 Comiuun at luidstunuu-r in tlip vicinity of AlJ>nny and \Vi«t< rn Mii»s.icliu^ ii«. 



IIi.siKHtA pix-Kic* ( Kirhy). Peck's llttptria. ( I'latc xxxll, fig. 8.^ 



Color bn>wn, j>alrr U-m-alh. lloth j-air of wings wididy lH>rd«n-d with l.rown : ana of the 

 disTit i>right yellow, witli a l>andof Iimwii extending oiitwardn fn>tn the luise, eiliate ; 

 ciliie fu>iroiis. Hknkatii, the area of the di>«-s Is occujiieii with yellow |'at«he>. ir- 

 regular in form ; that u|>«>n the hiiuhving h usually douMe. 'IhelxKly i>e|i>thed with 

 hmg yellowish l'n>wn hairs, esjKTially ui>on the hreast. 

 There is consideraMe diversity in the form or shniTof the yellow {mtches on the diws : 

 In some, the whole area of the disc of the fon-wings is yellow. It Is very pn*l>iihle. how- 

 ever, that this may i>rove a siHcies distinct fn«ni the prrkius. The latter is common In fields 

 iu Western Ma^sachuielts and Eastern New- York, in July. 



Sjiliiii^qilac. 



IIAWKMOTII.^^. 



This family of Lr.PiDOPTERA h.ns rectived the sincial attentionof naturalists from Li>N;ins 

 down to the present time. They lly with unat ^trength ami vitror, with a hirddike motion 

 of their wings ; and are capable of sustaining their flight for a long time, and of poising 

 themselves in the air like the hummingbird while sucking the nrctar of flowers Ihe 

 tongue is coilefl compactly when not in use, and frequently exceeds the NkIv in lenglh. 

 The antenn.T an- prismatic, preM>nting in a cross section the segment cf a circle on one 

 side, while others are formed by two curved lines meeting in such a way as to make an 

 edge on the f>j)i¥>dte side : it often terniinnte< in a feather-like tuft. Tlie labial palpi are 

 broad and comjin-SM-d ; but the labruni and mandibles are rudini* niary, us they an- not 

 recjuired for taking food. 



The larvtr are naked, cylindrical, and sui>|died with ••ixteen feet, and ordinarily a horn 

 Is placed on the eleventh segment of the IkkIv : they are commonly ornamented with 

 oblique stripes on the sides. Tliey usually descend into the earth when their transformation 



