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stripes along the side. 

 It has bristhng yel- 

 low spines ; its food 

 plants are thistle, wil- 

 low, and everlasting. 

 The cosmopolite has 

 the widest distribu- 

 tion of any of our 

 butterfly species. It 

 THE COSMOPOLITE, showing under side of wings is found in every part 



Expanse of wings, about two and one-half inches. Color, *--f the world except 

 orange-red marked with black; tips of front wings spotted South America anrl 



ivith U'hite. i a • 



the Arctic regions. 



The American Tortoise Shell — This striking butterfly sometimes 

 passes the winter as an adult and sometimes as a chrysalis. Its cater- 

 pillar is black with greenish sides and sprinkled wuth white raised spots ; 

 it is spiny. The caterpillars of the same brood live together, feeding on 

 the lower sides of the leaves which they fasten together making a pro- 

 tective abode. The food plant is nettle. 



Over the fields where the brown quails 

 whistle, 

 Over the ferns where the rabbits lie, 

 Floats the tremulous down of a thistle. 

 Is it the soul of a butterfly? 



— T. W. Higginson 



THE AMERICAN TORTOISE SHELL 



Expanse, two inches. Wtngs, black- 

 ish, crossed by a broad band of red- 

 dish brown which shades to yellow 

 on the inner side. 



