ARTICULATES: INSECTS. 



ing them so as to make a sort of case for itseli it is 

 about two inches long, green above, with rows of blue 

 dots, a yellow eye spot with a black centre on each side 

 jf the third segment, and a yellow and black band across 

 the fourth segment. It becomes a chrysalis early in 

 August, and comes out a butterfly the next summer. 



Turnus Butterfly, P. turnu*, Linn. 



PIERID.E, Boisd., White, OR SULPHUR BUTTERFLY 

 FAMILY. This Family comprises butterflies which have 

 the hind wings rounded, and also forming a gutter for 

 the reception of the abdomen. Their prevailing colors 

 are white, orange, and sulphur. 



The Genus Pieris contains the white butterfly, P. ole- 

 racea, Boisd., seen in May and June, and again in July 

 and August. It expands about two inches. 



The Genus Colias contains the Common Yellow But- 

 terfly, C.philodice, Godart, seen in great numbers in fields 

 and by road-sides. The caterpillars, found upon clover 



