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INSECT LIFE. 



count of their peculiar mode of flight. They fly in 

 the daytime and dart suddenly from place to place. 

 When at rest they usually hold the wings erect in a 

 vertical position like butterflies; often the fore wings 

 are thus held while the hind wings are extended 

 horizontally. The antennae are threadlike, and en- 

 larged toward the tip ; but in most cases the extreme 

 tip is pointed and recurved, forming a hook. The 



Fig. 73.— a skipper. 



Fig. 74. — A skipper. 



abdomen is usually stout, resembling that of a moth 

 rather than that of a butterfly (Figs. 73, 74). 



Fig. 75. — The goat-weed butterfly. 



T/ie Butterflies. — The butterflies fly by day, and 

 when at rest they fold the wings together above the 

 back in a vertical position. The antennas are thread- 



