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upper surface of the wings have a white center hke a bull's eye on the 

 lower surface. The caterpillar attains the length of one and one-fourth 

 inches, is greenish in color and striped lengthwise. It is not only forked 

 at the rear end, but has a pair of red horns at each end of the body; it 



hibernates when about half grown, 

 sedges. 





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THE EYED-BROWN 



Expanse, about two inches. Color, 

 pale mouse-brown, with a row of 

 four velvety-broivn spots along the 

 border of the front wing and five or 

 six smaller spots on the liijid wing. 



A MONARCH CATERPILLAR 



It feeds on the coarser grasses and 



THE MONARCH beloW 



Expanse, about four inches . Color, orange- 

 red, with veins outlined in black, and 

 the wings bordered with black, enclosing a 

 double row of white spots. 



THE VICEROY is shown above the monarch, 

 which it imitates in color. 



THE MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES 



TJie Monarch. — This magnificent butterfly is a monarch indeed. 

 The birds will not touch it. and so it is afraid of nothing. Its flight is 

 leisurely and extends over long distances. It does not -winter with us, 

 but comes to us each year from the South. In the fall it may be seen 

 migrating back in flocks. Its caterpillar is banded crosswise with narrow 

 black and yellow stripes. At either end of the body is a pair of whip- 

 lash-like organs; it attains the length of two inches. It feeds on milk- 

 weed; the chrysalis is plump and comparatively smooth, of an exquisite 

 green color ornamented with dots of shining gold, 



THE GOSSAMER WINGS 



These are our smallest butterflies, few of them measuring more than 

 an inch across the expanded wings. They include the hair streaks, 

 coppers and blues. 



