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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The Dreamy Dusky-Wing (GG Fore wings without hoary)

GG. Fore wings without hoary patch. (T. brizo), p. 297. THE SLEEPY DUSKY-WING.

FF. Fore wings with small white spots near the apex of the wing.

G. The dark spots of the upper surface of the wings neither well-defined nor in striking contrast to the ground color.

H. The transverse paler band crossing the fore wings just beyond cell R + M fairly well-defined by a darker band on each side of it. (T. lucilius), p. 298.

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