Genus Colias 



insect is peculiar to the Pacific coast, and there is a wide difference 

 in appearance between the sexes. Expanse, 1.80-2.00 inches. 



Early Stages. The caterpillar feeds upon Amorpha calif or- 

 nica. The life-history has been accurately described, and the va- 

 rious stages depicted, by Edwards. 



(2) Meganostoma csesonia, Stoll, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 3, $ ; 

 Fig. 4, $ (The Southern Dog-face). 



Butterfly. The sexes are much alike in this species, which 

 ranges widely over the Southern States, and is found even in south- 

 ern Illinois and sometimes still farther north. Expanse, 2.25 inches. 



Early Stages. These have been fully described by various 

 authors, most carefully by Edwards. 



Genus COLIAS, Fabricius 

 (The Sulphurs) 



" Above the arching jimson-weeds flare twos 



And twos of sallow-yellow butterflies, 

 Like blooms of lorn primroses blowing loose, 

 When autumn winds arise." 



JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. 



Butterfly. Medium-sized butterflies, yellow or orange in 

 color, with black borders upon the wings. In many species this 

 border is heavier in the female than in the male. 



Egg. The egg is spindle-shaped, thickest at the middle, taper- 

 ing at the apex and at the base, generally attached by an enlarged 

 disk-like expansion to the point on which it is 

 laid. The upper extremity is rounded ; the sides 

 are marked by small vertical ridges, between 

 which are delicate cross-lines. 



Caterpillar. The caterpillars strongly re- 

 semble in appearance those of the preceding 

 genus, from which, superficially, they cannot 

 be distinguished by any anatomical peculiar- 

 ities. They feed upon Leguminosce, and espe- 

 cially upon clover (Trifolium) . 



Chrysalis. The chrysalids do not generally 

 differ in appearance from the chrysalids of the , FIG - 1 47- Neu - 



ration of the genus 



genus Meganostoma, though the wing-cases do Colias. 



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