LEPIUOPTERA ; IJUTTERFLIES. 



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Nymphalis Butterflies. 



These Butterflies are remarkable for their beautiful 

 colors. The Misippus J^utterfiy has the wiuj^s tawny 

 yellow, veined with black, and a black border spotted 

 with white, the fore wings have njar their tips a black 

 patch spotted with white, and on the hind wings is 



Fig. 268. — Misippus tiuuerfl)'. 



a curved black band. The caterpillar is pale brown, 

 marked with white on the sides, and on the second 

 ring are two blackish horns. The butterfly is seen in 

 June and Septembei'. 



Satyrus Butterflies. 



These have their wings broad 

 and rounded, and those called Hip- 

 parchians have the wings of a deli- 

 cate brown color, with beautiful 

 eye-spots. They are \-ery com- 

 mon in groves and about bushes 

 late in the summer. Closely re- 

 lated to these is the Mountain 



Butterfly, which is found only on ^.^ 269. -Mountain 

 the top of Mount Washington. Bjtterfl3-. 



