WHAT ARE BUTTERFLIES ANT) MOTHS f 



proboscis or tongue, inserting it into the flowers, and 

 then sucking up the sweet juices contained in them. 

 This tongue, when not un- 

 rolled, is coiled up into a 

 compact little ball in front of 

 thehead, and is snugly placed 

 between the palpi, which 

 project on each side of it. 



Butterflies and moths 

 have four wings and six 

 legs, and attached to the 



Fig. 3. Head of Pieris Irasxica;. 



head, above the eyes, are two foiled 8 " 8 coile(1 up; 2> Proboscis 

 conspicuous antennas. Now 



the antennae of a butterfly differ from those of a moth, 

 in having a stiffer, straighter look, and terminating in 

 a little knob ; the an- 

 tennae of a moth have / 

 very rarely that straight 

 position we see in the 

 antennae of a butterfly, 

 and instead of termi- 

 nating in a knob, they 

 taper gradually to a 

 point. 



All butterflies fly by 

 day ; most moths fly 

 by night, yet some, n 



11 ,, i Fig. 4. Antennae of Butterflies and 



generally such as are Moths (slightly magnified), i, ^. y i. 



1 -i T n r Aglaia; 2, Pieris brussiccB ; 3. Gonepteryx 



gaily COlOUred, Ily by rhamni; 4, Chcerocampa Elpenor; 5, Sesia 

 -i ,. a fuciformis; 6, Siaton hirtarius ; 7, Zenzera 



day, and SOme teW fly ascuU; 8, OdonnUs potatoria; 9, Arctia 

 caja; 10, Triphaenia orbona; 11, Adeln 



indifferently at all 

 hours. Thus Plusia 

 gamma, which is most freely on the wing at evening 



