OUR COMMON BUTTERFLIES 





THE MORMON SKIPPER {Atrytone lioboniok) 

 Male, above; Females (upper and undersides), below 



In addition to those already mentioned, there are about twenty 

 other species which are rather common in this vicinit}', but longer and 

 more technical descriptions than can be given here Avould be necessar}- 

 for their easy identification. They are, for the most part, Hair-streaks 

 and Skippers, small brownish or brown and yellow creatures which flit 

 before our e^^es and then, aided by their concealing colors, disappear. 



On the following pages is a table which gives the approximate 

 life-histories for this vicinity of the butterflies described here. These 

 histories var}^ somewhat according to the locality and weather condi- 

 tions. The C3'cle from ^%<g — through caterpillar, chrysalis and butter- 

 fly — to ^%% is indicated b}' letters as follows: H = ^ZZ\ I^ = larva 

 or caterpillar; P = pupa or chrysalis; A = adult butterfly. 



Readers desirous of collecting and preserving these or other insects 

 will find simple directions for doing so in a leaflet on that subject pub- 

 lished by this Museum. The Collection of Local Insects in the Museum 

 ma}^ be seen upon application and the Curator will be glad to give 

 those interested personal attention. 



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