The Butterfly Book by W. J. Holland

Author:W. J. Holland [Holland, W. J. (William Jacob)]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Andhof
Published: 2012-11-02T23:00:00+00:00

Early Stages. —These have been most carefully and beautifully worked out by Edwards, and the reader, for a full knowledge of them, may consult the splendid plate in "The Butterflies of North America," vol. iii.

The species ranges from Vancouver's Island southward on the Pacific coast and eastward into Nevada.

(2) Cœnonympha elko, Edwards, Plate XXV, Fig. 25, ♁, under side ; Fig. 26, ♂ (The Elko Ringlet).

Butterfly. —Yellow on both sides of the wings, the lower side paler than the upper, and the basal area lightly clouded with fuscous.

Early Stages. —Undescribed.

This species is found in Nevada and Washington.

(3) Cœnonympha inornata, Edwards, Plate XXV, Fig. 13, ♂, under side ; Fig. 29, ♂ (The Plain Ringlet).

Butterfly. —The wings on the upper side are ochreous-brown, lighter on the disk. The costal margin of the fore wings and the outer margin of both fore and hind wings are gray. The ocellus at the apex of the fore wings on the under side is faintly visible on the upper side. On the under side the fore wings are colored as on the upper side as far as the termination of the discal area, which is marked by a narrow transverse band of pale yellow, followed by a conspicuous ocellus. The hind wings are gray, darkest toward the base, behind the irregular whitish transverse band which crosses the outer portion of the disk.

Early Stages. —Unknown.

The species occurs in Montana, Minnesota, British America, and Newfoundland. Newfoundland specimens, of which I possess a large series, are distinctly darker in color than those taken in the Northwest. Some recent writers are inclined to regard this as a variety of the European C. typhon. I am persuaded that they are mistaken.

(4) Cœnonympha ochracea, Edwards, Plate XXV, Fig. 11, ♂; Fig. 12, ♂, under side (The Ochre Ringlet).

Butterfly. —Glossy ochreous, yellow above, with no markings but those which show through from below. On the under side the wings are marked precisely as in the preceding species, except that there are two or three small rays on the secondaries near the base, one on the cell and one on either side of it, of the same tint as the discal transverse band, and in some specimens there is a series of incomplete marginal ocelli on the hind wings.

Early Stages. —Unknown.

Ochracea ranges from British Columbia to Arizona, as far east as Kansas.

(5) Cœnonympha ampelos, Edwards, Plate XXV, Fig. 21, ♂, under side ; Fig. 30, ♂ (The Ringless Ringlet).

Butterfly. —Distinguished from its allies by the total absence of ocelli on both wings, above and below. Otherwise the species is very near ochracea.

Early Stages. —These have been described with minute accuracy by Edwards in the "Canadian Entomologist," vol. xix, p. 41.

Ampelos occurs from Nevada and Montana westward to Vancouver's Island.

(6) Cœnonympha kodiak, Edwards, Plate XXV, Fig. 22, ♁ (The Alaskan Ringlet).

Butterfly. —Much darker both on the upper and under sides than C. california, which in many other respects it resembles. The figure in the plate is that of the type. It is as yet rare in collections.

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