304 ^^^ BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



prominent, shining black head, and a creamy- white body, 

 with a yellowish tinge posteriorly. 

 The second segment is half circled ^^' ' 



with a black line. 



The larvae station themselves on 



..-„-. , p. Zabulon, larva (natural 



the mside oi the leaves, near the size), 



joints, and, by drawing portions of 

 the leaves together with silk, form a rude case, in which 

 they secrete themselves. (See Addenda.) 



Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Valley. 



135 J. Pamphila Hobomok, Harr. 



This form has the markings of the male much as in 

 P. Zabulon, but the dark spots are more pronounced, 

 with often a subterminal patch above the discal bar, 

 and the yellow is bright tawny. The hind wings have 

 the yellow band of the under side narrower, leaving a 

 continuous outer border, in width one-fourth the length 

 of the wing, with some lilac scales. 



The female of this form has the yellow a little paler 

 than the ordinary male, the veins all brown, more dusky, 

 suffusing over the basal half of the wings, with the yellow 

 on the under side of the hind wings more contracted than 

 in the male. 



Dimorphic form female Pocahontas, Scud. — This 

 form of female is similar to Quadraquina, but duller 

 in color, traces of a spot in the cell of the fore wings, the 

 four posterior spots of the outer row not clearly defined. 

 Hind wings a little pale in the middle. The marks on 

 the under side are somewhat blurred, and the hind wings 

 have an indistinct subterminal band. 



Var. female Quadraquina, Scud. — This has the 



