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 Long-Tailed Skipper (AA The hind wings not)

AA. The hind wings not furnished with long tails.

B. Fore wings with a broad, bright yellow band near the middle.

C. With a large silvery-white spot in the center of the lower side of the hind wings. (E. tityrus), p. 293.

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