PL. LXXXIX 



(1) Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius), Plate LXXXVIII, Fig. 

 1, <? (The Harvester). 



There is considerable variation in the size of the dark mark- 

 ings on the upper side of the wings, and in some specimens they 

 almost entirely disappear. Expanse 1.30 inch. Ranges from 

 Nova Scotia to the Carolinas, and through Mississippi valley. 



GENUS CHRYSOPHANUS DOUBLEDAY (THE COPPERS). 



Small butterflies with the upper side of the wings some shade 

 of coppery red or orange, often glossed with deep purple. On 

 the under side the wings are marked with a multitude of spots 

 and lines. Egg hemispherical, flattened on the base, pitted 

 above with polygonal or circular depressions. Larva slug- 

 shaped, thickest in the middle and tapering either way, head 

 very small. Chrysalid rounded at either end, and supported 

 by a silken girdle a little forward of the middle. 



The genus is found in both hemispheres. There are over a 

 dozen species in the United States, five of which we have se- 

 lected for illustration. 



(1) Chrysophanus xanth&ides (Boisduval), Plate LXXXVIII, 

 Fig. 2,c? (The Great Copper). 

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