Genus Chrysophanus 



marked with a multitude of very fine and indistinct raised ridges, 

 giving it the appearance of being covered by very delicate polyg- 

 onal cells. 



Caterpillar. — In its mature stage the cater- 

 pillar is short, slug-shaped, covered with a 

 multitude of bristling hairs, upon which it 

 gathers the white exudations or scales of the 

 mealy bugs upon which it feeds. 



Chrysalis. — Small, brown in color; when 

 viewed dorsally showing a remarkable and 

 striking likeness to the face of a monkey, a sin- 

 gular phenomenon which also appears even 

 more strikingly in chrysalids of the allied genus tionof th^geiiusFefi- 

 Spalgis, which is found in Africa and Asia. «*««, enlarged. 



But one species of the genus is known. 



(i) Feniseca tarquinius, Fabricius, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 21, S ; 

 Plate V, Figs. 45, 46, chrysalis (The Harvester). 



Butterfly.— The upper side of the wings is well depicted in 

 the plate. There is considerable variation, however, in the size 

 of the black markings upon the upper surface, and I have 

 specimens in which they almost entirely disappear. On the 

 under side the wings are paler; the spots of the upper side 

 reappear, and, in addition, the hind wings are mottled profusely 

 with small pale-brown spots. Expanse, 1.30 inch. 



Early Stages. — What has been said of these in the description 

 of the genus will suffice for the species. 



This curious little insect, which finds its nearest allies in Asia 

 and Africa, ranges all over the Atlantic States from Nova Scotia 

 to the Carolinas, and throughout the valley of the Mississippi. 



Genus CHRYSOPHANUS, Doubleday 

 (The Coppers) 



" Atoms of color thou hast called to life 

 (We name them butterflies) float lazily 

 On clover swings, their drop of honey made 

 By thee, dear queen, already for their need." 



Mary Butts. 



Butterfly. — Small butterflies, with the upper side of the wings 

 some shade of coppery-red or orange, frequently glossed with 



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