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yellow objects. Keen eyes will now and then detect 

 he eggs (hard boiled) on cooked cabbage leaves. If 

 you capture a female Butterfly, she will probably lay 

 eggs for you, but the best way of securing a supply of 

 eggs is to watch a female Butterfly as she haunts the 



FIG. 30. Green-veined Cabbage White ; the male above, the female below. In the 

 lower figure the under side of the wings are shown on the right. 



Cabbages. When she rests for awhile among the 

 leaves, mark the place. After she has flown away, 

 you will often find that she has left a hundred^eggs 

 or so on a leaf. The small Cabbage White lays her 

 eggs singly. 



Why are the eggs laid on the under side of the leaf? 

 Perhaps to protect them from sun and rain ; perhaps 

 to keep them, or the larvae which issue from them, out 

 of sight of greedy animals. The female Butterfly is 



