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HABITS. 



Let us follow the history of the Viceroy [Pig. 

 84] a little farther. Born upon the extreme tip 



FIG. 84. Basil archia Archippus, nat. size ; the under surface of the wings is 

 shown on the right side, the upper on the left (Harris). 



of a trembling leaf, its prison- walls demolished, 

 it begins to devour in a curious manner the leaf 

 on which it rests ; it nibbles away 

 either side of the tip, 

 leaving the midrib un- 

 touched [Figs. 85-87}; 

 each time it has finish- 

 ed a repast, it retires to 

 this midrib [Fig. 85] to 

 digest the meal, where, 

 facing outward with 

 head bent to the ground, 

 it rests immovable ; appetite return- 

 ing, it wheels about, hurries to its old feeding- spot, 

 and, its meal finished, retires again to its accus- 



FIG. 85. Leaf 

 eaten by Basilar- 

 chia Archippus, 

 with the cater- 

 pillar resting on 

 the bare midrib 

 after a meal ; nat. 

 size. 



FIG 86. Leaf 

 eaten by caterpil- 

 lar of Basilarchia 

 Archippus ; n a t . 



size. 



