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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
warmer parts of Mexico and Central America, and many specimens 
annually find their way to this country with collections of dried in¬ 
sects in papers. It is a good flyer, but like many of its near relatives 
is very fond of alighting on the wet mud of roads or the banks of 
streams. 
A plain yellowish white insect, about the size of or a little larger 
than our common yellow butterfly, and inhabiting Florida and the 
gulf states, is Kricogonia lyside. While the female is almost an 
even shade of yellowish white, the male has a yellow patch at the 
base of the upper wings and a darker shade at their tip. A con¬ 
spicuous dark spot is located just below the upper margin of the 
lower wings. I have never seen this insect alive and know nothing 
of its habits. 
Callidryas contains several bright and gaudy butterflies of various 
shades of orange or yellow. Some of the species are of good size, and 
Callidryas eubule. Male. 
on account of their clear and pure colors are showy objects when flying 
or preserved in one’s cabinet. The genus is represented by species 
from many parts of the world, but those from Mexico and Central 
America are among the finest. 
One of our best-known species is Callidryas eubule , an insect 
which is plentiful in the south and not infrequently is to be seen in 
New Jersey and southern New York. Its brilliant yellow color and 
