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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



The insect ranges from the latitude of New York City, in the 

 United States, south through the whole of Central and South 

 America to Patagonia. 



An insect second to none of the family in showy coloring is 

 CalUdryas philea, which, with its large size and its brilliant yellow 



Callidryas pliilea. Upper sido. 



and orange wings, is one of the gayest of butterflies. The home of 

 this creature is tropical America, but it strays into the southern 

 states of our country and is not rare in Texas. It is very abun- 

 dant in the low lands of Mexico, and my brothers found it numer- 

 ous in Colombia, South America, although ahvays a difficult insect 

 to capture on account of its strong and rapid flight. The ground 

 color is bright yellow with a large orange patch extending from 

 the upper margin of the upper wings half way across them. A 

 wide band of orange blending into the yellow follows the outer 

 margin of the lower wings. Beneath, the insect is strong Naples 

 3'ellow, lighter on the lower half of the upj^er wings. 



Another fine insect is Callidryas ci'pris, in which the lower wings 

 at their lower portion aie carried out into short rounded tails. The 

 ground color is bright yellow with a large area in the middle j)art 



