THE MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES 



their gay stripes without any attempt to hide, for 

 they seem to know that the birds will not touch 

 them. In the North there is but one brood dur- 

 ing the summer, while in the South there are 

 many more. No hibernating specimen has ever 

 been found. 



Birds have their nests ; they rear their eager young 



And flit on errands all the livelong day ; 

 Each fieldmouse keeps the homestead where it sprung ; 

 But thou art nature's freeman — free to stray 

 Unfettered through the wood, 

 Seeking thine airy food, 

 The sweetness spiced on every blossomed spray. 



HlGGINSON. 



The Queen 



Anosia berenice (A-no'si-a ber-e-ni'ce) 



Plate XXXII, Fig. 2, male ; Plate XXVIII, Fig. 3, female 



The upper surface of the wings is reddish chocolate-brown, 

 with the costal margin of the front wings and the outer mar- 

 gins of both pairs bordered with black. There are two par- 

 tial rows of white dots near the costal and outer margins of 

 the front wings ; and there is a larger white spot in each of 

 the cells R 6 to Cu. The under surface is similar to the upper, 

 except that the outer border contains two full rows of white 

 spots, and the veins of the hind wings are heavily marked 

 with black edged with gray. The male possesses a black 

 pouch containing androconia next to vein Cu 2 of the hind 



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