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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



According to Mr. Saunders, the larva is elliptical, 

 flattened on the under side, dull rosy red, with a diffused 



yellowish tint on the sides, 

 Fig. 76. most distinct along the mid- 



dle joints. The dorsal line 

 is a deeper shade of red. 

 The body is downy with 

 minute yellowish hairs. 

 This description was taken 

 from a larva not fully grown. 

 Mr. S. H. Scudder says that 

 the larvse are provided with 

 long hairs sweeping back- 

 ward behind their bodies, 

 most of them arranged in 

 longitudinal series. 

 The chrysalis is attached by the end of the abdomen, 

 Fig. 77. an d is closely girt to the object to which it 

 is attached, as in Fig. 77. 



Northern, Middle, and "Western States; 

 California. 



C. Hypophleas, larva. 



C. Hypophleas, 

 pupa. 



121. Lycjena Lygdamtjs, Doubl. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Upper surface silver-blue; the males with only the 

 edge of the wings black ; the females with a rather 

 broad black terminal border, a little expanded on the 

 apex, and extending round on the costa. Fringes long, 

 fuscous. 



Under side uniform gray-brown. The fore wings 

 have a small round black spot in the cell, a bent bar 

 at its extremity, edged with white. Across the disk is a 



