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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
lines. On the outer margin of all four wings is a narrow white 
line, interrupted with black at the ends of the veins. The thorax is 
bluish black, the abdomen brown. The under surface is lighter, the 
inner half of all four wings being gray with a slightly bluish cast. 
The outer half is grayish brown. The markings of the upper side 
are repeated below in a general way. There is an extra eye-spot 
Apatura celtis. Male. Under side. 
with a whitish dot near the apex of the fore wing, and the black 
spots on the lower wings are pupilled with blue. The thorax aud 
legs are yellowish gray, and the abdomen rusty. The larva feeds on 
the leaves of the hackberry. It is light green, with a row of yellow 
spots on its back and yellow lines along its sides. Its head is 
adorned with horns as in other species. 
My brothers had some experience in capturing this butterfly near 
Chillicothe, Ohio, in the month of July. It was most plentiful near 
trees, often alighting on their trunks. When disturbed it flew very 
rapidly in an eccentric manner for a short distance and then alighted 
suddenly. Several times the insects lit on their clothing and nets, 
and once or twice actually on their faces. The habitat of this species 
is the southern and western states. It does not live farther north 
than the middle of Ohio, and I have never known of a specimen being 
taken in New England. 
In Apatura flora the ground color is reddish tan, with the mark¬ 
ings and spots strong and sharply defined. The wings are margined 
with a heavy dark brown band, and the eye-spots on the lower pair 
are large and conspicuous. 
The female is a good deal larger than her mate, but is much 
paler in coloring, the wings being also without the heavy dark brown 
