IN SECT A. 175 



sulphur color, the margins of the upper wings are edged 

 with borders of black, speckled with white ; on each of 

 the lower wings is one round yellow spot, which, on the 

 darker under side, has a silvery luster. Found in June 

 and July on the flowers of wooded meadows. 



The Chess Board (tachyptera galathea). Yellow- 

 white with general markings disposed like the squares of 

 a chess board on the wings ; on the lower surface of the 

 under wings are a few eye-shaped spots, which are 

 brighter in the larger sized female. Caterpillar one 

 inch long, yellow-green with a red head ; lives on mea- 

 dow-clover, etc., and changes into a yellowish-gray 

 pupa, from which, in the summer, is produced the per- 

 fect insect. 



The Wood Argus (tachyptera segeria). Ground color 

 of the wings reddish-brown ; all four adorned with yellow 

 spots and flame colored rings ; on the under side marked 

 with one line of yellow and red-brown. The caterpillar, 

 green, and striped with white, appears in May, and 

 changes in August to a short, thick green or yellow- 

 brown pupa, which, suspended by the tail, hangs head 

 downwards. Common in fields bordered by woods. 



The Gold Spotted Flutterer (tachyptera cynthia), 

 Vanessa, is dark brown, with many yellow- spots on both 

 wings ; body black ; under surfaces red brown, spotted 

 and banded with yellow. Caterpillar also yellow ; brown 

 head and longitudinal stripes of black ; lives on the sheep 

 sorrel ; changes in May to a pale yellow pupa, marked 

 with black, from which the butterfly makes its appearance 

 in June. Inhabits open spaces in woods. 



The Large Mother of Pearl Bird (tachyptera aglaia) 

 is orange color, with hieroglyphic marks in black on all 

 the wings ; the under surface of the posterior wings 



