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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



FIG. 76. 



According to Mr. Saunders, the larva is elliptical, 

 flattened on the under side, dull rosy rod, with a diffused 

 yellowish tint on the sides, 

 most distinct along the mid- 

 dle joints. The dorsal line 

 is a deeper shade of red. 

 The body is downy with 

 minute yellowish hairs. 

 This description was taken 

 from a larva not fully grown. 

 Mr. S. H. Scudder says that 

 the larvae are provided with 

 long hairs sweeping back- 

 ward behind their bodies, 

 most of them arranged in 

 longitudinal series. 



The chrysalis is attached by the end of the abdomen, 



FIG. 77. and is closely girt to the object to which it 



(^gfa i g attached, as in Fig. 77. 



Northern, Middle, and Western States; 



CHypophleas, larva. 



C. Hypophlem, 

 pupa. 



California. 



121. LYC^NA LYGDAMUS, Doubl. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Upper surface silver-blue; the males with only the 

 edge of the wings black ; the females with a rather 

 broad black terminal border, a little expanded on the 

 apex, and extending round on the costa. Fringes long, 

 fuscous. 



Under side uniform gray-brown. The fore wings 

 have a small round black spot in the cell, a bent bar 

 at its extremity, edged with white. Across the disk is a 



