Early Stages.—But little is known of them. The caterpillar feeds on Cassia.
Delia occurs commonly in the Gulf States.
(10) Terias jucunda, Boisduval and Leconte, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 15, ♂; Fig. 16, ♂, under side (The Fairy Yellow).
Butterfly.—Distinguished from the preceding species by the dark marginal band surrounding the hind wing and the pale under surface. Expanse, 1.60-1.75 inch.
Early Stages.—Unknown.
This little species is found in the Gulf States.
"The lepidopterous insects in general, soon after they emerge from the pupa state, and commonly during their first flight, discharge some drops of a red-colored fluid, more or less intense in different species, which, in some instances, where their numbers have been considerable, have produced the appearance of a 'shower of blood,' as this natural phenomenon is sometimes called.
"Showers of blood have been recorded by historians and poets as preternatural—have been considered in the light of prodigies, and regarded, where they have happened, as fearful prognostics of impending evil.