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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



The ground color on the upper wings is brownish orange with heavy 

 bLack bands. The h^wer pair are of a darker shade with spots and 

 markings of Waek. Tlie l^ody is brown with a slightly greenish 

 tinge on the thorax. Beneath the ground color of the up})er wings 

 and the u})per half of the lower wings is buff yellow, the lower half 



Euienia letbe. Under side. 



being wood brown. Over both sets of wings are numerous brown 

 markings, the general character of which may be readily understood 

 by reference to the illustration. The insects from which these figures 

 were made were taken in Colombia b}^ my brothers. The butterfly 

 is a strong and rapid flyer, having a stout thorax with powerful mus- 

 cles for the rapid movement of tlie wings. 



Another genus of butterflies, whose liome is tropical America, is 

 Anartla. There are but three or four species belonging to this 

 genus, and but one inhabits the southern part of the United States. 

 These insects are of medium size and plain in colors, though not 

 without a certain beauty. 



Our native species, Anartia jatrophce, is light gray with brown 

 and black markings and spots, and having a reddish or yellowish 

 brown double row of crescent-shaped spots following the outer mar- 

 gins of both sets of wings. Individuals vary a good deal in intensity 

 of coloring^ some being almost white in ground color, the outer 

 margins of the wings being yellowish, while others are dark brown 

 along the margins, with but little red or yellow. The under side is 

 light creamy white shading to gray, with pale bars of brown and the 



