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A NATURE WOOING. 



Fig. 50 The Silver Spot. 



Ktidamus tityrus Fab. 

 (The under side of wing is shown on the left.) 



examples of the "little metal mark/ 7 Calephelis 

 ccenius L., the smallest butterfly I have seen in Flor- 

 ida, are noted in this garden, though but one is cap- 

 tured. It expands 

 but three-quarters 

 of an inch. The 

 upper surface of 

 the wings is of a 

 rust red hue, 

 crossed by four or 

 five narrow, wavy 

 black lines. The 

 under side is yel- 

 low fulvous, with 

 numerous dark 



metallic lines and spots. It, also, is confined to the 

 southern states, and frequents the wild flowers which 

 are in blossom from April to July. 



The little peeper or cricket frog, Acris gryllus Le- 

 Conte, is an abundant resident along the borders of 

 the Halifax and in the weedy and marshy inlets 

 which are connected with 

 it. The skin is smoother 

 and the bars on the hind 

 femora are more distinct 

 than in the northern form, 

 A. crepitans of Baird. The 

 habits of A. gryllus are the 



, i f A Fig. 51 Southern Cricket Frog. 



same as those of A. crep- Acris grj/Uus Le c. 



