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L E P I D P T E R A . 



One more butterfly is found in Massachusetts, resembling 

 tlie preceding in its larva state and in its habits-. It is our 

 largest species, expanding from four and a half to five inches. 

 The prevailing color of the wings is yellow, with a broad 

 black margin, on which is a row of yellow spots ; the fore 



tig. 97. 



wines have four short black bands extending fi'om their front 

 edge, and the hind wings are tailed, and are ornamented 

 with an orange-red spot near the hind angle. It is the 

 Papilio Turnus of Linnaevis (Fig. 97).* 



The caterpillar of the Turnus butterfly (Fig. 98) lives 



upon the leaves of apple 

 ^ '"■ ' '■ and wild-cherry trees, folding 



them up in the same way 

 as does that of the Troilus 

 butterfly, which, moreover. 



[* In this figure, and others which follow, the under side of the wing, detached 

 from the body of the insect, is represfented, as well as the upper side, which in 

 this figure is on the left, and connected with the body. — Ed.] 



