BUTTEEFLIES. 



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P^ppiLio.— Butterfly. 



This curious and beautiful insect is dis- 

 tinguished by its antennas growing thicker 

 towards the tip, and generally ending in a 

 knob ; wings, when sitting, erect, the edges 

 meeting together over the abdomen, it flies 

 in the day time. There are very nearly 

 twelve hundred species scattered over the 

 globe, of which nearly seventy are natives of 

 our own country. 



Butterflies of every description ?xe **v- 



