HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



ably has a single brood late in the season in the 

 North. 



And. I admired and took my part 



With crowds of happy things the while : 



With open velvet butterflies 



That swung and spread their peacock eyes, 



As if they cared no more to rise 

 From off their beds of camomile. 



Jean Ingelow. 



THE SOVEREIGNS 



The sovereigns differ from other nymphs in having the club 

 of the antenna; marked with four slightly elevated lines, and 

 in that the first three veins of the hind wings separate at the 

 same point (Fig. 30). In the other nymphs the humeral 

 vein arises beyond this point. The club of the antennae is 

 very long, and increases in size so gradually that it is difficult 

 to determine where it begins. In its thickest part it is hardly 

 more than twice as broad as the stalk. The palpi are slender, 

 and the wings are rounded. 



The larva; present a very grotesque appearance, being very 

 irregular in form, and strongly mottled or spotted with 

 color. 



Only a single genus is represented in the eastern United 

 States. The species can be separated as follows : 



A. Ground color of wings black. 



B. Wings with a transverse white bow. 



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