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Albinos, looking- iniicli like the albinos of the preceding .species, 

 are not rare, and veiy dark insects are occasionally taken. In all its 

 varieties it is an attractive insect, and the dark rich colored females 

 are very beautiful. Tliere are two or more broods in a season, the 



Oolias euiylbetne. Female. 



first making its appearance in May and others coming through the 

 latter part of the summer and fall. It is most numerous in August 

 in open fields and jneadows, and neglected pastures Avhere thistles 

 and ])urdo('ks al)ound are its s[)ecial. delight. 



MeK;inostoiua c;esonia. 



Hie genus Mefjanostoma, whicli closely resembles Culias excei)t 

 tliat the apex of the wing is juore pointed, is represented thi-oughout 

 tlie region east of the Rocky Mountains by Mega)iostoma ccesonia. 



