THE NYMPHS 



and ornamental ; a border of black points shot 

 with silver margin the fore wings and make one 

 of the most decorative patterns ever found on a 

 butterfly wing, the place where Nature is at her 

 best as a decorator. Despite the small size and 

 slight form of this fritillary it is rather lazy in 

 its flight and is much more given to resting on 

 flowers than to dancing in the air. 



The caterpillars that hatch late in the fall pass 

 the winter as they leave the egg. Other cater- 

 pillars half grown pass the winter in that stage 

 and produce butterflies early in the next season. 

 The species is presumably three-brooded, but 

 owing to the desultory egg-laying habits of the 

 butterflies the broods are not distinct. It is a 

 butterfly that is decidedly shiftless in family affairs. 

 The chrysalis looks a little like a stout hook, it 

 being bent forward somewhat. 



The species occurs throughout Canada and in 

 the northern portions of the United States. 



THE CRESCENT-SPOTS 



This group includes some of the smaller nymphs ; they 

 are distinguished as follows : the club of the antennae is 

 broad and distinct; and is marked beneath, as in the fritilla- 

 ries, with a single elevated line or with none. The palpi are 

 slender, compact, the last segment from one-third to one-half 



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