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The Cabbage Butterfly. One of the easiest of the butter- 

 flies to capture and to rear in confinement is the cabbage 

 butterfly. It is white or slightly yellowish above and 

 yellowish below. Both sexes have black tips on the an- 



FIG. 18. CABBAGE BUTTERFLY, MALE. 



FIG. 20. CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. 



a, larva, b, pupa. 



FIG. 19. CABBAGE BUTTERFLY, FEMALE. 



From Hyatt's Insecta 



FIG. 21. CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. 



Pupa. 



terior wings ; the male has a round black spot near the 

 outer border of each wing, while the female has two spots 

 on each anterior wing. In the early fall, watch the female 

 laying eggs on cabbage leaves ; gather some of the leaves 

 and watch the larvae come out of the eggs ; feed the larvae 

 till full grown ; keep the chrysalids till the butterfly ap- 

 pears. Describe all the changes and note the dates of all 

 the moltings and transformations. 



