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on these plants we may expect to find the caterpillars of our 

 native species, which as yet are mostly unknown, , in the 

 months of May, June, and July. 



Argynnis Idalia, Drury. Idalia Butterfly. (Fig. 110.) 



Fore wings deep tawny orange, spotted with black, and 

 with a broad black hind border, around which, in the fe- 

 males, is a row of white spots ; hind wings blue-black above, 



Fig. 110. 



with two rows of spots behind, both of which in the female 

 are cream-colored, but in the males the spots of the outer 

 row are deep tawny orange ; all the wings on the under 

 side have a row of pearly-white crescents within the black 

 border ; and on the hind wings, which are brown, are seven- 

 teen more pearly-white spots ; the fringes of all the wings 

 are spotted with white. 



Expands from 3£ to 3f inches or more. 



This large and fine butterfly is found in meadows in the 

 latter part of July and beginning of August. 



Argynnis Aphrodite, Fabricius. Aphrodite Butterfly. (Fig. 111.) 



Wings tawny-yellow in the males, ochre-yellow in the 

 females, in both brownish next to the body, with a black line 

 near the hinder margins, within which is a row of black 

 crescents, and within the latter is a row of round black 



