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while the perfect butterfly is adorned with yellowish, red, 
brown, and black colors, with white spots upon its wings. 
This Vanessa is very common in the United States, and it 
is also found in large numbers in Asia, Africa, and Europe, 
where it is commonly called the “‘ Painted Lady.” 
The Goitpen C Burrerrry (Vanessa C aureum), Fig. 52. 
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Figure 52, 

The Golden C Butterfly. 
This butterfly derives its name from the golden mark be- 
neath the hind wings similar in form to that of the letter 
C. It has tawny, orange-colored wings, with brown and 
black spots, and is seen in almost all of the States of the 
Union from May until September.* Its caterpillar is thorny, 
of a blackish color, and lives upon lime and elm trees, and 
upon the hop-vine; and to these is often very injurious. 
There are a number of other species of the genus Vanessa 
found in this country, but they are described and illustrated 
in Major Leconte’s and Boisduval’s work ‘ On the Lepidop- 
tera of North America,” and therefore we need only refer 
to their names in this connection. They are: Vanessa 
Progne, of the Northern and Middle States; Vanessa J. al- 
bum and Vanessa Milberti, of Philadelphia; Vanessa Cania 
and Vanessa Huntera, of the Southern States. 
