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THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



"You see the wings are of a purplish-brown color, with 

 a broad buff-yellow border. Just inside the border is a 

 row of pale blue spots. Even this fine specimen," he 



The Antiopa. 



continued, "is somewhat faded, as these butterflies always 

 are in the Spring. The butterflies of this brood which 

 are flying about now will very soon die. They will first 

 deposit their eggs on the Elm and Willow trees, where 

 the caterpillar lives after it is hatched, until about the 

 first of July, when it becomes a chrysalis. The butterfly 

 breaks the chrysalis in about two weeks, and when it 

 first creeps out -and spreads its fresh wings in the sun- 

 shine, the color on them is very brilliant and rich as 

 velvet. This brood of Antiopa is very short lived. It 



