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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



ingeniously made little habitation, to which the caterpillar always 

 leaves the shrivelled end of the leaf attached to serve as a porch or 

 veranda on which to crawl out, serves as its winter home. This leaf 



Chrysalis of T;iiiu'iiitis Ursula. 



Chrysalis of Liiiienitis artliemis. 



is attached by silk to tlie twig, and here it weathers the blasts of 

 winter, securely fastened. After the other leaves have fallen in the 

 autumn, these " hibernacula," as they are called, may be easily found 

 and kept in a cool place till the next season, when the broods may be 

 started as soon as the buds begin to open. The chrysalis is as peculiar 

 in shape as the larva, being angular, with a flat projection at the back. 

 It is brown, gray, white and pinkisli, the brown predominating. 



Limeuitis arttieniis. Male. 



Lhneyiith arthemis, although a somewhat smaller butterfly than 

 the preceding is, nevertheless, a very tine insect. The habitat of 

 this species is much more northern than the last described insect, 

 being found throughout tlie nortliern part of the United States east 



