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THE INSECT WOBLD. 



European butterflies. The wings are variegated with yellow and 

 black; the eyes, antennse, and trunk are black. The body is 

 yellow on the sides and underneath, and black above. The front 

 wings have rounded edges ; the hind ones, on the contrary, are 

 notched, and one of these notches is prolonged into a sort of tail. 



Fig. 140. Larva of Papilio machaon. 



The first are black, spotted and striped with yellow ; the second 

 have their upper part and middle yellow, with some touches only 



Fig. 141. Papilio alexanor. 



of black. Near the margin is a broad black band, dusted with 

 blue ; lastly, six yellow spots in the form of a crescent run along 



