Synopsis of the Described Lepidoptera of North America: Part I--Diurnal and Crepuscular Lepidoptera. Comp. for the Smithsonian Institution, Parte1Smithsonian institution, 1862 - 358 páginas |
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Synopsis of the Described Lepidoptera of North America: Part I ..., Tema 2 John Gottlieb Morris,Brackenridge Clemens Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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2me sér Abdomen anal angle angulated apical base beneath black band black line black points black spots blackish blackish-brown blue body broad brown lines brownish ciliated CLEMENS color costa coxæ Cram dark brown discal spot discoidal cellule disk dorsal dots et Lec exterior border female ferruginous Figured in Boisd Fore wings fringe fulvous gray grayish green greenish hairs Harris hind margin hind tibiæ Hind wings Hübn inch inner angle inner margin Larva larvæ Legs length lunules luteous male median median nerve middle moderately nacred narrow nearly nervules oblique ocelli outer pale paler palpi Patagia patch pectinated pilose Posterior wings Proboscis prothorax pupa reddish rounded russety segment short side of secondaries slender slightly species spurs stout streaks stripe subcostal summit tarsi tawny terminal testaceous thorax tibiæ with four transverse tuft Upper side vein WALKER white spots whitish yellow spots yellowish
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Página 317 - An examination of a large number of specimens in the collection of the late Dr. Harris, in that of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, and in my own, has shown me that this butterfly also enjoys a wide geographical range, extending from Texas on the southwest, Missouri on the west, and the mouth of the Red River of the North on the northwest, as far as Connecticut, and the southern Atlantic States on the east.
Página 112 - ... the leaves or desert the tree and seek some retired place, where they spin a slight loose cocoon, within which they remain through the winter, appearing in the imago state by the middle of the following June. The butterfly is brown, the fore-wings are brown with a transverse semi-transparent baud across the middle, and a few spots towards the tip of a honey-yellow color...
Página 348 - The wings are roofed when at rest ; the antenna? are long, with a double, narrow, feathery edging, in the males, and a double row of short, slender teeth on the under side, in the females; the feelers are longer than in the other Arctians, and not at all hairy ; and the tongue is short, but spirally curved.
Página 138 - HARRIS. Blue-black. Fore wings opaque; hind wings transparent, with the border, fringe, and a short transverse line near the middle black; palpi at tip, collar, a spot on each shoulder, and three bands on the abdomen yellow; antennae short, black; four posterior tibiae banded with orange; tarsi yellow, tipped with black; tail flat, with two longitudinal yellow lines. Expands from one inch to one inch and two lines. This species seems to come near to the European T.
Página 36 - Under side of secondaries yellow, sprinkled with ferruginous atoms, with a blackish central point ; edge intersected with ferruginous points, and marked near the external angle with a spot of the same color ; the posterior half having four or five other spots of the same color, of which two or three are in a line, and tending to form a transverse band ; the middle of the outer edge more or less washed with ferruginous. " Female differs from the male in the upper side being yellowish white, with...
Página 348 - July the moths come forth. These moths are faintly tinged with ochre-yellow ; their long, narrow, delicate, and semitransparent wings lie almost flatly on the top of the back ; the upper pair are checkered with dusky spots, arranged so as to form five irregular transverse bands ; the hind edge of the collar, and the inner edges of the shoulder-covers are greenish blue, and between the latter are two short and narrow deep yellow stripes ; the upper side of the abdomen and of the legs are deep ochre-yellow....
Página 348 - Fig. 1), covered with short spreading tufts of white hairs, with a row of eight black tufts on the back, and two long, slender, black pencils on the fourth and on the tenth ring. The tufts along the top of the back converge on each side, so as to form a kind of ridge or crest; and the warts, from which these tufts proceed, are oblong-oval and transverse, while the other warts on the body are round. The hairs on the fore part of the body are much longer than the rest, and hang over the head; the others...
Página 348 - June, are of a very light ochreyellow color ; the fore wings are long, rather narrow, and almost pointed, are thickly and finely sprinkled with little brown dots, and have two oblique brownish streaks passing backwards from the front edge, with three rows of white semi-transparent spots parallel to the outer hind margin ; the hind wings are very thin, semi-transparent, and without spots ; and the shoulder-covers are edged within with light brown. They expand from one inch and seven eighths to two...
Página 37 - Larva. Whitish violet, with transverse stripes of a deeper color, a transverse band of reddish brown on each ring, divided in its length by a narrow yellow band. Along the feet, a longitudinal band of citron yellow. Long, fleshy processes of brown purple are disposed in pairs on the second, fifth, and eleventh rings.
Página 238 - The groundcolor of our moth is a dirty white ; the fore wings are crossed by two broad blackish bands, the outer one of which is traversed and interrupted by an irregular wavy whitish line ; the hinder margins of all the wings are dotted with black, and there are several black dots at the base, and a single one near the middle of the fore wings ; the top of the thorax is blackish, and the collar is edged with black. In some individuals the dusky bands of the fore wings are edged or dotted with tawny...