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while the perfect butterfly is adorned with yellowish, red, 

 brown, and black colors, with white spots upon its wings. 

 This Vanessa is very common in the United States, and it 

 is also found in large numbers in Asia, Africa, and Europe, 

 where it is commonly called the " Painted Lady." 



The GOLDEN C BUTTERFLY (Vanessa C aurcum). Fig. 52. 



Figure 52. 



The Golden C Euttcrfiy. 



This butterfly derives its name from the golden mark be- 

 neath the hind wings similar in form to that of the letter 

 C. It has tawny, orange-colored wings, with brown and 

 black spots, and is seen in almost all of the States of the 

 Union from May until September. Its caterpillar is thorny, 

 of a blackish color, and lives upon lime and elm trees, and 

 upon the hop-vine ; and to these is often very injurious. 

 There are a number of other species of the genus Vanessa 

 found in this country, but they are described and illustrated 

 in Major Leconte's and Boisduval's work " On the Lepidop- 

 tera of North America," and therefore we need only refer 

 to their names in this connection. They are : Vanessa 

 Progne, of the Northern and Middle States ; Vanessa J. al- 

 bum and Vanessa Milberti, of Philadelphia ; Vanessa Cocnia 

 and Vanessa Huntera, of the Southern States. 



