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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



Several broods of this insect make tlieir appearance eacli season, so 

 tliat it is rarelv absent from our fields in sunnner. 



Coliiis pliiloJice. Female, albino. 



Colias evrytlieme lias much the same habits as the preceding, except 

 perhaps that it is more agile on the wing. -It is found in the middle 



(Jolias eurythenie. ^lale. 



and westein states in abundance, and even extends across to the 

 Pacific coast. It also occurs in New England, though I liave never 

 known it to be common there. Its bright orange colors make it a 

 conspicuous object while on the Aving. The species is very subject 

 to variation in color and size ; some specimens are intense orange, 

 while others are yellow, scarcely showing a tinge of the orange. 



