HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



wings, as in the preceding species. Expanse of wings two 

 and three-quarters to three and one-half inches. 



There is a well-marked variety, Anosia berenice strigosa 

 (Plate XXXII, Fig. 2), in which on the upper surface of the 

 hind wings the veins are narrowly edged with grayish white. 



Caterpillar. — Length, about two inches. The Smith 

 and Abbot colored picture of this species shows it to be 

 whitish tinged with purplish brown with a brown divided cross 

 stripe which encloses a yellowish cross bar on each segment. 

 Low down along each side is a greenish-yellow stripe. The 

 second thoracic and second and eighth abdominal segments 

 each bears a pair of long, brown whiplash filaments. 



Food-plant. — Milkweed. 



" How beautiful is the occafional uniformity as 

 well as the infinite variety of Nature ! This 

 butterfly, nearly related to the laft (the monarch), 

 feeds in its caterpillar ftate on the plants of the 

 fame genus, though a different fpecies ; and the 

 two caterpillars have a great affinity to each other, 

 though one has but fix horns, the other but four. 

 The pup?e are extremely fhnilar except in fize, 

 and are suspended in the fame manner to a leaf." 

 Thus says Smith and Abbot in the magnificent 

 volume published more than a century ago where- 

 in berenice in all her royalty is delineated by 

 hand painting. While the queen affects umber 

 rather than the brilliant orange of the monarch, 

 yet it is a showy insect ; the black borders on the 



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