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Life and Immortality. 



NEGLECTA BUTTERFLY. 



Larva Feeding on Central Florets of Actinomeris, and Guarded by Ants. 



under side of the wings, which is relieved by a row of spots 

 along the outer margin, each preceded by a crescent, a 

 curved row of elongate spots across the disk of the fore- 

 wings, and several spots on the basal part of the hind-wings, 

 all the markings being of a pale brown color. Violacea, the 

 so-called winter form, has the dark parts and crescents on 

 the under side of the wings quite prominent, but they do 

 not, either in the outer border or in the basal portion, 

 coalesce. Pseudargiolus, the largest of the series, there 

 being but three forms in Pennsylvania, expands one and 

 four-tenths inches. The upper surface of the male usually 

 has a terminal border to the hind-wings of the same shade 

 of blue as is visible on the fore-wings, the middle area of 

 the hind-wings being a little paler than this border on the 

 fore-wings. On the under side of the wings the spots are 

 much smaller than on the preceding form. Neglecta, which 



