THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES 



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color with yellowish strij^es along each side. The body is covered 

 with down, otherwise smooth. The rear end is forked. It feeds 

 on grass. 



The Eyed-hrown. — -This delicate fawn-colored butterfly repays 



well a little closer attention, 

 ornaments the upper surface 

 of the wings has a white center 

 like a bull's eye on the lower 

 surface. The caterpillar at- 

 tains 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 



Each velvety brown spot which 



Little Wood Satyr 

 Wings nearly uniform dark 

 brown. The small pupils of 

 the eye-spots often double. 

 Each eye-spot ringed with pale 

 yellow. 



The Eyed-Browx 

 Expanse about two inches. Color pale 

 mouse-brown with a row of four vel- 

 vety brown spots along the border of 

 the front wing and five or six smaller 

 spots on the hind wing. 



half grown. It feeds on the coarser 

 grasses and sedges. 



The Little Wood Satyr. — This is a 

 jolly little butterfly frequenting the 

 shade of thickets and groves. It is 

 single brooded and appears early in 

 the season. The caterpillar is pale 

 greenish brown and downy with 

 blackish lengthwise stripes and it 

 feeds upon grass. 



THE MILKWEED BUTTERFLIES 



The Monarch. — This magnificent butterfly is a m.onarch 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 milkweed; the chrysalis is plump and 



