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ARTICULATES : INSECTS. 



ing them so as to make a sort of case for itself. It is 

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

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

 of 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. 



Turnns Butterfly, P. turnus, 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 Co lias contains the Common Yellow But- 

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

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



