HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



gorgeous orange and seal-brown wings of the 

 male disport a lining of buff, while the black and 

 metallic-blue wings of the female have alining of 

 sober grayish brown, decorated on the fore wings 

 with blue and black patches. The chrysalis is 

 grayish brown with projections on the back that 

 are of lighter hue. It is certainly a very ordinary 

 looking case to hold such an extraordinary but- 

 terfly. 



The species is single-brooded, and occurs in 

 "the hilly country of the South, following the 

 Alleghanies, and a comparatively narrow belt 

 westward at about the 38th parallel of latitude." 

 (Scudder.) 



The Regal Fritillary 



Speyeria idalia (Spey-er'i-a i-da'li-a) 



Plate XX, Fig. i, 2 



This species can be distinguished from our other fritillaries 

 by its having the fore wings fulvous and the hind wings black. 

 The sexes differ somewhat in markings. In the male, the 

 upper surface of the fore wings is marked with black spots and 

 bars arranged as in typical fritillaries. The black markings, 

 however, are less prominent, except that there is a distinct 

 black band on the outer margin as in the mountain silver- 

 spot. The hind wings are black, with violet reflections ; the 

 base of the wings is tinged with fulvous. There is a black 

 spot in the cell R + M, a transverse row of yellowish spots 



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