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and are adorned with a broad band of rich orange on a deep-bluish 

 ground. The under side is very variable in color, so that out of fifty 

 speeimens no two can be found exactly alike ; but every one of them 

 will be some shade of ash, or brown, or ochre, such as are found among 

 dead, dry, or decaying leav - The apex of the upper wings is pro- 

 duced into an acute point, a very common form in the leaves of trop- 

 ical shrubs and trees, and the lower wings are also produced into a 







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short, narrow tail. Between these two points runs a dark curved line 

 exactly representing the midrib of a leaf, and from this radiate on 

 each side a few oblique lines, which serve to indicate the lateral veins 

 of a leaf. . . . But this resemblance, close as it is, would be of little 

 use if the habits of the insect did not accord with it. If the butterfly 

 sat upon leaves or upon flowers, or opened its wings so as to expose 

 the upper surface, or exposed and moved its head and antennae as many 

 butterflies do, its disguise would be of little avail. We might be sure, 



