234 jniuths and butterflies. 



This species may be easily distinguished from Apafura flo7-a and 

 Apatura eh/ton by the eye-spot on the upper side of tlie upper wing 

 near the outer mai'gin. Apafura aeltis has this spot, but the insect is 

 smaller and moi'e soml)re in color than the present species. 



The genus Li)ne)iifis is distinguished by having straight and slen- 

 der antennie. with a gradual thickening toward tlie end instead of a 

 distinct clulj. Tlie lower wings are scalloped. Tliis genus comprises 

 several very line buttertiies inlialjiting the eastern half of the coun- 

 try, while two or three more occur in the west. The larvte are inter- 

 esting from their peculiar manner of hibernating, and also on account 

 of the humps and liorns with which their bodies are adorned. They 

 are of various colors, being genei'ally mottled and spotted in a strik- 

 ino- manner. 



Jjiiiienitis Ursula. !Male. 



A very beautiful species of this genus, and one with which almost 

 ever}' young collector is familiar, is Limenitis ursula. The butterfly 

 is plentiful in June, and may most often l)e seen about damp places 

 on the roads, where it is usually so intent on sip})ing the dirty water 

 that it may be easily taken. After it is once alarmed it is a very 

 difficult insect to capture, as it flies rapidly and is very wary. Some- 

 times a second brood makes its appearance early in September. In 

 Massachusetts it is not often common at that time of year, but in 

 Ohio and others of the western states the second brood is sometimes 

 as numerous as the first, and under the sweet apple and pear trees I 



