[a]Fig. 145.]—Neuration of the genus Kricogonia.
Early Stages.—Nothing has, as yet, been satisfactorily ascertained in relation to these.
The genus is not large, and is confined to the tropical regions of the New World, being represented in our fauna in the vicinity of the city of Brownsville, in Texas.
(1) Kricogonia lyside, Godart (form terissa, Lucas), Plate XXXIV, Fig. 20, ♂; Fig. 21, ♁ (Lyside).
Butterfly.—This insect, which may easily be distinguished from all its allies by its peculiar markings, is found in Florida and Texas, and is widely spread over the Antilles and tropical America. We know nothing of its life-history. A number of closely allied forms, reckoned as species, are known from the Antilles and Central America. They are so closely related to each other that it is believed that they are possibly only varieties or local races. We cannot, however, be sure of this until the test of breeding has been applied. Expanse, 1.90-2.10 inches.
Genus MEGANOSTOMA, Reakirt
(The Dog-face Butterflies)
"Let me smell the wild white rose, Smell the woodbine and the may; Mark, upon a sunny day, Sated from their blossoms rise, Honey-bees and butterflies."
Jean Ingelow.
Butterfly.—Closely resembling those of the following genus, Colias, from which they may be readily distinguished by the more acutely pointed apex of the fore wings and by the remarkable coloration of these wings in the male sex, the dark outer borders being disposed upon the lighter ground-color so as to present the appearance of a rude outline of the head of a dog, whence these butterflies have sometimes been called the "dog-face butterflies."