HABITS. 



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silver, or by peacock eyes beneath. How they 

 crowd about the spreading thistle-blossoms, or on 



FIG. 118. Argynnis Aphrodite, nat. size ; under surface on right (Harris). 



the many -flowered umbels of the milk- weed, and 

 fan themselves with content at their sweet lot ! 

 As autumn approaches and the leaves grow dull, 



FIG. .119. Polygonia Progne, nat. size ; under surface on right (Packard). 



the grain ripens in the meadow and the pastures 

 parch with drought, then come the satyrs or 

 meadow-browns [Figs. 120, 121 ; see also Figs. 



