FAMILY V 



THE MEADOW-BROWNS 



Family Agapetidae (Ag-a-pet'i-dee) 



This family includes chiefly brown butterflies whose mark- 

 ings consist almost entirely of eyelike spots. Some Western 



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Fig. 36. — Venation of the wings 

 of Ccrcyonis alopc. 



Fig. 37. — Venation of the wings 

 of Enodia porilandia. 



species, however, are bright-colored. Our forms can be easily 

 recognized by their having some of the veins of the fore wings 

 greatly swollen at the base (Fig. 36). 



The larva? are cylindrical, tapering more or less toward 

 each end. The caudal segment is bifurcated, a character that 



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