760 A. EB. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. 
is called “Orange-dog” in Florida. The butterfly, which is our 
largest species, is yellow and black, some individuals having much 
more yellow than the one figured, there being dimorphic broods. 
Common in the Southern United States, and not rare in southern 
New England. Its larva feeds also on the prickly ash, hop-tree, 
rue, fraxinella, and Kentucky coffee-tree. 
A species of Papilio, resembling P. trotlus and P. polyxenes, was 
also seen in April, 1901, but not captured. 
Painted Lady ; Thistle Butterfly. (Vanessa cardui (L.)=Pyrameis 
eardui of many authors). Figures 118, la-e. 
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First recorded by Hurdis as occurring Sept. 4, 1847, in some num- 
bers, also Sept. 11, 1849, and Aug. to Nov., 18545 and by Jones, 
1863. Not uncommon in. autumn, but doubtless has two broods. 
Its larva feeds on thistles, burdock, sunflower, and allied composite 
118 119 
Figure 118.—Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui); 1a, b, larve; c, pupa; 1d, e, imagos. 
Figure 119.—Red Admiral (V. atalanta); 2d, e, imagos ; a, 6, b’, larve; 2c, 
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pupa. Both 24 natural size ; after Berge. 
plants ; sometimes on mallows and hollyhocks. It is widely dis- 
tributed in both hemispheres. Easily, distinguished from the Red 
Admiral by lacking the oblique orange-red band across the fore 
wings; the under side of the fore wings is bright pink or rose-red 
centrally ; the round spots of the hind wings beneath are blue ; 
black above. 
