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and fatiguing work, but I enjoyed it. The miners seemed to enjoy 

 it too, for once wlien I missed my footing and rolled down a steep 

 bank into a puddle of muddy water, a roar of laughter went up 

 from half a hundred lusty tlu'oats. But I didn't care ; they had their 

 laugh and I had the butterflies. I onlj^ wish I now had a few of the 

 dozens of beautiful antliocliar'tH I captured that morning. 



Anthoeharis olympia has no orange spot at the apex of the fore- 

 wing in either sex, but it is a very pretty little butterfly nevertheless. 

 The upper side is creamy white with brown markings, arranged as 

 shown in the illustration, the mottlings of the under side of the 

 lower wings showing distinctly through. The under side is mottled 

 with olive green on a white ground, giving a very pretty effect. It 

 is found in Texas. 



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Autliocbai'is geiiutia. 



Antliocliaris gemitia is found from New England south, although 

 I have never seen it very abundant anywhere. This insect can be 



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Antliocliaris gemitia. Under side. 



readily recognized by the hooked or falcate forward wing. It is 

 very frail and of feeble flight. The insect is white, the tip of the 

 forward wings of tlie male being orange, while in the female it is 



