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Remarks —The three foregoing species are onr common yellow or sul¬ 
phur butterflies that are found in all parts of the State. There are three 
broods annually of the butterflies, one appearing in April and May, an¬ 
other in July, while a third appears late in August. All of them in 
the larva state feed on the different species of clover, lupine, and some¬ 
times may be found on pea vines, though I am not aware that the) 
have ever been very injurious. 
Terias nicippe, Cram—The Nicippus Butterfly. 
Expanse of wings a little over two inches. Upper side of botfc 
wings bright orange yellow, with a broad black border, sinulate with 
in, reaching from the middle of the costa of the fore wings to the ana 
angle of the hind wings. The discal mark of the tore wings a line ir 
length half the width of the cell. None on the hind wings. Th< 
costal edge of the fore wings has several whitish marks in the oute 
half. Underside fore wings paler than above with no black border 
discal mark as above. Hind wings yellow, a small black discal point 
and brown atoms scattered over the wing. 
Female —Differs from the male in being paler and often of a yellov 
color, the black border of the fore wings suddenly ceasing a little be 
fore the outer angle and on the hind wings a little before reaching th> 
anal angle. 
Larva —“Pale green, with a dorsal ray more obscure, and a latera 
white band, marked before with five yellow points.’’—Morris. 
This insect is not very abundant with us and usually not regarde< 
as injurious. Besides feeding on clover the caterpillar feeds on Cassic. 
a kind of wild sensitive pea. 
Terias lisa, Ba.—The Lisa Butterfly. 
This bright yellow little butterfly, one of the most common tha 
flits along roads and over moist places during the summer and fall i 
the southern part of the State, is scarcely an inch and a half expans 
with us, but is larger in the Southern States where it is more at hom< 
It has on the fore wings a broad black outer border widest at theapej 
and a narrow border of the same on the hind wings. The border is les 
sinulate than the preceding species. Its larva is green with fou 
longitudinal whitish rays, and feeds on leguminous plants. 
NYMPHALULE. 
This family contains several groups or subfamilies of butterfln 
that differ somewhat in details of character but agree in the follov 
ing points. In the perfect insect the palpi are usually close, flattei 
