The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North AmericaDoubleday & McClure Company, 1898 - 382 páginas |
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... broad membrane , which is clothed in most species upon both sides with flattened scales which are attached to the membrane in such a way that they overlap one another like the shingles on a roof . These scales are very beau- tiful ...
... broad membrane , which is clothed in most species upon both sides with flattened scales which are attached to the membrane in such a way that they overlap one another like the shingles on a roof . These scales are very beau- tiful ...
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... broad sheet of bibulous method of holding up body and pinning down paper should always be put antennæ . over the box , under the lid , before closing it , and in such a way as to leave the edges of the paper projecting around the edges ...
... broad sheet of bibulous method of holding up body and pinning down paper should always be put antennæ . over the box , under the lid , before closing it , and in such a way as to leave the edges of the paper projecting around the edges ...
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... broad - Euplœinæ . ( b ) Fore wings twice as long as broad and often translucent , the ab- domen extending far beyond the inner margin of the hind wings -It bomiina . B. Antennæ clothed with scales , at least above . ( a ) Fore wings at ...
... broad - Euplœinæ . ( b ) Fore wings twice as long as broad and often translucent , the ab- domen extending far beyond the inner margin of the hind wings -It bomiina . B. Antennæ clothed with scales , at least above . ( a ) Fore wings at ...
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... broad ; palpi stout ; the thorax some- what compressed , with the top arched . The abdomen is mod- erately stout , bearing on the eighth segment , on either side , in the case of the male , clasps which are quite conspicuous . The fore ...
... broad ; palpi stout ; the thorax some- what compressed , with the top arched . The abdomen is mod- erately stout , bearing on the eighth segment , on either side , in the case of the male , clasps which are quite conspicuous . The fore ...
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... broad . The hind wings are relatively small , rounded , and without tails . The wings in many of the genera are transparent . The extremity of the abdomen in both sexes . extends far beyond the margin of the hind wings , but in the fe ...
... broad . The hind wings are relatively small , rounded , and without tails . The wings in many of the genera are transparent . The extremity of the abdomen in both sexes . extends far beyond the margin of the hind wings , but in the fe ...
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anal angle Anosia antennæ apex Argynnis Arizona base Basilarchia Behr black markings black spots blue Boisduval border Brenthis British Columbia buff BUTTERFLY BOOK Butterfly.-The California caterpillar feeds cell chrysalis Chrysophanus Colias color Colorado COPYRIGHTED BY W. J. costa Cramer dark brown dark markings darker discal Early Stages Early Stages.-These Early Stages.-Unknown Entomologist Euchloë eurynome Expanse EXPLANATION OF PLATE Fabricius female fore wings fulvous genera Grapta ground-color Hair-streak hind wings Hübner inch inner margin insect larva larvæ lepidoptera life-history Linnæus Lycana male Melitæa Mexico milkweed butterfly mottled myrina Neuration of genus North America ocelli outer margin paler palpi Papilio Phyciodes Pieris Plate XXX preceding species primaries ranges Reakirt region resembles Satyrus Scudder secondaries side the fore side the wings Side view silvered southern species species is found specimens spines subcostal subfamily submarginal Texas Thecla tropical upper side W. J. HOLLAND wings are pale yellow
Pasajes populares
Página 282 - When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh ! the doxy over the dale, Why then comes in the sweet o' the year ; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With...
Página 93 - Entomology extends the limits of being in a new direction, so that I walk in nature with a sense of greater space and freedom. It suggests besides, that the universe is not. roughhewn, but perfect in its details. Nature will bear the closest inspection; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.
Página 76 - Lo.! the bright train their radiant wings unfold, With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold. On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, They, idly fluttering, live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their age, and sunshine all their day.
Página 226 - What more felicitie can fall to creature Than to enjoy delight with libertie, And to be lord of all the works of Nature, To raine in th...
Página 197 - Hot midsummer's petted crone, Sweet to me thy drowsy tone Tells of countless sunny hours, Long days, and solid banks of flowers; Of gulfs of sweetness without bound In Indian wildernesses found; Of Syrian peace, immortal leisure, Firmest cheer, and bird-like pleasure.
Página 208 - Then we gather as we travel, Bits of moss and dirty gravel, And we chip off little specimens of stone; And we carry home as prizes Funny bugs, of handy sizes, Just to give the day a scientific tone.
Página 57 - Why art thou here, with thy gaudy dye, When she of the blue and sparkling eye Must sleep in the churchyard low...
Página 169 - Africa, and is one of the commonest, as well as one of the most deadly, of poisonous snakes.
Página 294 - HURT no living thing : Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing, Nor cricket chirping cheerily, Nor grasshopper so light of leap, Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat, Nor harmless worms that creep.
Página 3 - As the laws of Nature must be the same for all beings, the conclusions furnished by this group of insects must be applicable to the whole organic world; therefore, the study of butterflies — creatures selected as the types of airiness and frivolity — instead of being despised, will some day be valued as one of the most important branches of Biological science.