_Chrysalis._--The chrysalis is pearly-white, marked with black spots and longitudinal streaks.
This species has been taken as far north as Long Island and Connecticut, though it is a very rare visitant in New England; it is quite common in Virginia and thence southward, and occurs not infrequently in southern Illinois and Indiana, ranging westward and southward over the entire continent to the Isthmus of Panama, and thence extending over the South American continent, wherever favorable conditions occur.
(2) =Euptoieta hegesia=, Cramer, Plate VIII, Fig. 8, ♂ (The Mexican Fritillary).
The upper side is marked very much as in the preceding species, but all the lines are finer and somewhat more regular, and the basal and discal areas of the hind wings are without dark spots in most specimens. The under side is less mottled and more uniformly dark rusty-brown than in _E. claudia_. Expanse, about 2 inches.
The life-history of this species has not as yet been thoroughly worked out, but there is every reason to believe that the insect in its early stages very closely approaches the Variegated Fritillary. It is a Southern form, and only occasionally is taken in Arizona and southern California. It is common in Central and South America.
"Luther, he was persecuted, Excommunicated, hooted, Disappointed, egged, and booted; Yelled at by minutest boys, Waked up by nocturnal noise, Scratched and torn by fiendish cats, Highwayed by voracious rats.
"Oft upon his locks so hoary Water fell from upper story; Oft a turnip or potato Struck upon his back or pate, Oh! And wherever he betook him, A papal bull was sure to hook him.
"But the saddest of all I am forced to relate: Of a _diet of worms_ He was forced to partake-- Of a diet of worms For the Protestants' sake; Munching crawling caterpillars, Beetles mixed with moths and millers; Instead of butter, on his bread, A sauce of butterflies was spread. Was not this a horrid feast For a Christian and a priest?
"Now, if you do not credit me, Consult D'Aubigné's history. You'll find what I have told you Most fearfully and sternly true."
+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX | | | | | | 1. _Argynnis diana_, Cramer, ♂. | | 2. _Argynnis diana_, Cramer, ♀. | | 3. _Argynnis cybele_, Fabricius, ♂. | | 4. _Argynnis cybele_, Fabricius, ♀. | | 5. _Argynnis leto_, Behr, ♂. | | 6. _Argynnis leto_, Behr, ♀. | | | | | | [Illustration PLATE IX.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+