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and black full moons on the other part of the wings 

 are ornamented with irregular black spots. The 

 Aphrodite is not in favor of a gold standard, but 

 on the contrary is a free-silver butterfly and be- 

 neath the tips of the front wings it carries seven or 

 eight silver marks, while concealed on the under 

 side of the hind-wings are twenty-odd great, silvery- 

 white spots. You must look for this butterfly 

 among the blossoms in the lowlands — it is not a 

 highlander. 



THE MYRINA BUTTERFLY 



The eggs of the Myrina butterfly are about the 

 shape of an acorn and pale green in color. The 

 young are hatched in about a week's time and are 

 full-grown at the end of the first week in August. 



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The head is black and shiny and coated with fine, 

 short black hairs ; the sort of grayish-brown body is 

 ornamented with spots and dots of black velvet. 

 The second segment or division (Fig. 146i/^) is orna- 

 mented with two fleshy horns ; the third and fourth 



