CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLIES 



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eggs hatch out and produce caterpillars, which are 

 too plentiful for any but naturalists during a great 

 part of the summer. The caterpillars turn to yellow 

 pupae, spotted with black, which are found on the 



FIG. 48. Large Cabbage White Butterfly ; the female above, the male below. 



trees, walls and palings around the cabbage-plot ; 

 and from these pupae issue white butterflies, such as I 

 used to chase across the summer fields in my school- 

 boy days. 



When we look closely at the White Butterflies, 



