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holding up a butterfly before the class. It expanded about 

 two inches and a half. 



Semicolon. 



"This belongs to the genus Vanessa," said he, "and is 

 commonly called the Semicolon butterfly, on account of the 

 resemblance of the golden spot on the under side of each 

 hind wing to a semicolon. The wings are tawny orange, 

 shaded very dark near the body. They are spotted all 

 over with brown. On the margin is a regular line of 

 brown spots, inside of which, on the hind wings, is a row 

 of lighter-colored spots. The under side is marbled with 

 different shades of gray. In the centre of the fore wing 

 is a white spot, and on .the hind wing the gold-colored 

 semicolon. A few specimens of this butterfly are some- 

 times found in May, and by some naturalists it is supposed 



