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MOTHS AND UUTTEI! FLIES. 



tliis insect is foiuul witliin the horder.s of our country is in the 

 southern part of Florida. 



The genus Eunica contains many very richly colored butterflies 

 of medium size. The ground color is often deep black or brown 

 with bars or patches of rich shining- blue or pur})le in some species, 



Eunica monima. I'pper side. 



while in others the blue or ])urple extends almost over the mIioIc 

 surface of the winofs when the insect is held in certain lio-hts. 

 The under side is often prettily colored with different shades of 

 brownish gray tinged with pink or pur})le, relieved Avith spots and 

 markings of deep brown or bine black. 



luiiiica mouiina. Under sidt 



These insects ai'e numerons botli in species and individnals in 

 tropical America, where they often congivgate on the nniddy l)aiiks 

 of streams during the h(^t. (piiet honrs of tlie moiiiing. They are not 

 very swift flyers, and the native collectois of ('olond)ia capture large 

 numbers of them. Even in sniall collections from that country one 



