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a medium sized butterfly with purplish wings, the front pair 



bearing a conspicuous orange or red band across their sur- 

 face. The larva feeds upon 



hop and nettle. 



In the latter part of the 



summer the Painted Beauty 



is commonly found on the as- 

 ters and other fall flowers. It 



is a very nimble and active 



butterfly. The upper surface 



of the wings is blackish, with 



orange and white spots. The 



under side of the wings is the 



finest, being marbled with 



brown, gray, and white, with 



rose-colored spots on the front 



pair, and two eye-like spots on 



the hind wings. It is one of the daintiest and most beautiful 

 of our butterflies. It measures about two 

 inches across its wing-tips. This butter- 

 fly, like some others, has the interesting 

 habit of playing dead when caught, com- 

 ing to life and making off quickly when 

 there is a chance to escape. 



Another common butterfly is the Violet 

 Tip, so called from the violet border of 

 its brown wings. It is also called the 

 Comma Butterfly, because of a curved. 



% just out of chrysalis. si i very sp()t on tne under side of the 



hind wing. A very handsome and the largest of our butter- 

 flies is the common Milkweed or Monarch Butterfly. Its 



FIG. 84. Monarch Butterfly Sipping Clover 

 Nectar. 



FIG. 85. Comma Butter- 



