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blunt conical ; the dorsum from near the head nearly 

 straight, as shown in Fig. 90 ; the ventral side strongly 

 ventricose, ta})ering abruptly from the end of the wing- 

 cases to the ti]) of the abdomen, the cremaster a some- 

 what triangular piece, .06 of an inch long. Color red- 

 dish brown, finely mottled and spotted with dark brown, 

 ilie end of the humerus blackish brown, with two smaller 

 spots between them. Stigmata and eyes darker than the 

 general color. 



There are two or more broods of these butterflies in 

 a season, the last brood hibernating in the pupa state, 

 while the others emerge from the chrysalides in about 

 two weeks. 



United States generally. 



197. EuDAMUS Proteus, Linn. 



Expanse of wings from 1.9 to 2 inches. 



Upper surface dark olive-brown ; base of fore wings, 



basal half of hind wdngs, and upper part of body with 



light green hairs. The fore wings have an oblique 



transverse row of four whitish hyaline spots, extending 



from the costa near the middle to near the posterior 



angle. These spots are in the same position as the 



spots composing similar bands in E. Zestos, Tityrus, etc. ; 



but they diifer in being of about the same size and 



separated by the dark brown veins, the one in the cell 



constricted a little in the middle, the lower three near 



one another only at their corners. Beyond this band is a 



spot in the first median interspace, also constricted in the 



middle ; and beyond the cell is an anteapical row of five 



spots, curved, the first two spots oblong, the third nearly 



quadrate, the fourth and fifth elongate in the direction 



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