How to Know the Butterflies

The Cornell classic that taught America to name what it saw: every eastern butterfly described from life, with its caterpillar, its food-plants, its habits — and how to pronounce its Latin.

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Persius's Dusky-Wing (GG The dark spots on the upper)

GG. The dark spots on the upper surface of the wings, well-defined, giving the wings a checkered appearance. H. Species expanding about one and onefourth inches, the checkered appearance of the wings well-marked. (T. martialis, P. 299.

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