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Fig. 228. — The compton-tortoise. 



The compton-tortoise, Eugonia J-album {Eu-go'ni-a 

 j-al'bum). — The upper surface of this species is repre- 

 sented by Fig. 

 228 ; on the 

 lower surface 

 of the hind 

 wings there is 

 a small L- 

 shaped silvery 

 bar. 



There are 

 several com- 

 mon angle- 

 wing butter- 

 flies that resemble the preceding species in having a 

 metallic spot on the lower surface of the hind wings, 

 but differ in having the inner margin of the fore 



wings roundly notched 

 beyond the middle. 

 These belong to the ge- 

 nus Polygonia {Pol-y-go'- 

 ni-d). 



The Meadow. 

 BROWNS. — There are sev- 

 eral common butterflies 

 that are brown in color 

 and whose markings con- 

 sist almost entirely of eyelike spots. As these are 

 usually confined to grassy places, they are called the 

 meadow-browns. One. of them is represented by 

 Fig. 229. 



Fig. 229. ^A meadow-brown. 



