IN LEAFY JUNE. 



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highway, whose beautiful wings, measuring four 

 inches across, are bound and veined with black, 

 white-spotted, has a decided preference for members 

 of the milkweed tribe, but not in- 

 frequently we find it hovering 

 over the dainty pink blossoms of 

 the dogbane (also a milky juiced 

 plant). However, the common 

 milkweed (Asclepias Cornuti] 

 is its favored plant, and on 

 the upright budding leaves 

 it lays its eggs singly. The 

 caterpillar of this butterfly 

 is black and yellow banded, 

 naked, and nearly two inches 

 long. How handsome this 



very ordinary milkweed is in sunny June, when 

 its pale-green color is dashed with misty lilac-blue 

 shadows, and its gesthetic brown-lavender flower clus- 

 ter is accented by the rich coloring on the wings of 

 the monarch butterfly, no one can fail to remark. It 

 is one of those few striking plants which are emphati- 

 cally decorative under all conditions and in all sea- 

 sons. 



Fluttering over the little puddles on the road 



Anosia plexippus. 



in autumn and flies southward in swarms as the birds do. 

 body of this butterfly has a rank odor. 



The 



