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divisions each have dull white colored spines with 

 black tips; all the other divisions, except the last 

 one, have six dull white spines; there are four of 

 them on the last or twelfth division. It wears 

 black patent-leather shoes on its front feet and tan- 

 colored ones on its fat legs. Fig. 146^2 shows the 

 location of the fat legs. 



The butterfl}^ has tawny wings with black 

 border and a row of black new moons next to the 

 border. It spreads less than two inches across the 

 wings. Mr. Harris gives the figures as from one 

 and three-quarters to one and eight-tenths inches. 

 It, too, belongs to the free-silver party and is orna- 

 mented with silvery spots as well as black dots 

 (Fig. 152). 



THE PHAETON BUTTERFLY 



The Phaeton butterfly (Fig. 153) you must 

 hunt for in the swales and oa er damp soggy gTouncl. 

 You can also look for the caterpillars in the spring, 

 quite early, and maybe under the leaves you will 

 find them hiding. The full-grown caterpillar ( Fig. 

 154) is armed with nine rows of black spines sur- 

 romided at the tips with thick-set long spinules. 

 The caterpillar is ready for a minstrel show, for it 

 has a black face, the front part of its body is also 



