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sip nectar from many kinds of flowers. They begin their 

 day's work early in the morning and continue well into 

 the evening. Then they find a roosting-place, head 

 downward upon a blade of grass, where they sleep until 

 wakened by the morning sunshine. 



The Bronze Copper 



Chrysophanus thoe 



This butterfly is nearly twice as large as the American 

 Copper to which the female of the present species bears a- 

 striking resemblance. The Bronze Copper is a rare spe- 

 cies, occurring from New England nearly to the Rocky 

 Mountains. The slug-shaped yellowish green caterpillar 

 feeds upon dock and related plants. (See plate, page 256,) 



Synopsis of the Coppers 



The Wanderer (Feniseca tarquinius). Wing expanse If 

 inches. Upper wing surface tawny brown, each wing 

 more or less marked with dark brown spots, the distinction 

 between the colors being clear-cut, and the lines between 

 having an angular effect. Lower surface of front wings 

 similar in colors to upper with dark spots rectangular. 

 Under siu'face of hind wings mottled with irregular spots 

 of pale brown, 



American Copper (Heodes hypophlaeas or Chrysophanus 

 hypophlaeas) , Wing expanse 1 inch. Upper surface of 

 front wings tawny orange with margins and rectangular 

 spots blackish. Upper surface of hind wings coppery red 

 with a tawny orange band on outer margin. Lower sur- 

 face of front wings much like upper surface; that of hind 



