Swallow-Tailed Butterflies 



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leaves of the wild cherry and apple trees. The 

 full grown caterpillar is sometimes two and a half 

 inches long. It has yellow eyespots with black 

 centres on each side of the third ring of the body. 

 The upper part is of green color with rows of little 

 Mue dots and there is a yellow and black band 



across the fourth division of the body; it wears 

 fashionable pink stockings. 



You will find the chrysalides about the first of 

 August, but you will have to keep them until the 

 following June before they hatch out butterflies. 

 The larvcT of all these butterflies carry vinaigrettes 



