(2) Meganostoma cæsonia, Stoll, Plate XXXVI, Fig. 3, ♂; Fig. 4, ♁ (The Southern Dog-face).
Butterfly.—The sexes are much alike in this species, which ranges widely over the Southern States, and is found even in southern Illinois and sometimes still farther north. Expanse, 2.25 inches.
Early Stages.—These have been fully described by various authors, most carefully by Edwards.
Genus COLIAS, Fabricius
(The Sulphurs)
"Above the arching jimson-weeds flare twos And twos of sallow-yellow butterflies, Like blooms of lorn primroses blowing loose When autumn winds arise."
James Whitcomb Riley
Butterfly.—Medium-sized butterflies, yellow or orange in color, with black borders upon the wings. In many species this border is heavier in the female than in the male.
[a]Fig. 147.]—Neuration of the genus Colias.
Egg.—The egg is spindle-shaped, thickest at the middle, tapering at the apex and at the base, generally attached by an enlarged disk-like expansion to the point on which it is laid. The upper extremity is rounded; the sides are marked by small vertical ridges, between which are delicate cross-lines.