ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. 



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rudimentary. Moreover, the butterfl; i little food; it 



only lives long enough to lay ii . when it d 



By Looking at our specimen after the .-'■ales have been 

 robbed ofE the head, which may be done by a stumpy hair- 



Fio. 109.— Butterfly's head, denuded of scales.— After Buiy 



il. it will appear somewhal as in Fig. 169 of the 

 Ajrchippua butterfly. This represents a front view of the 

 bead: a, a are the antennae; oc, ii ; cl is the front or 



clypeuSj and lb indicates the upper lip. and md the supp< 

 jaws; tk is the tongue, cut off to .-how the tube in the 

 middle. How the latter works can be seen by Looking 



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Fiq. 170, Section through the tongue of a butterfly.— After Burg 



Fig. L70, which represents a cross-view of that of the Da- 

 nais butterfly. The maxilla 1 in some mot! - as the 



great, green, tailed Luna moth, are short an ate, like 



