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Suborder 1. Rhopalocera, butterflies and skippers, in 

 which there is a knob or swelling at the tip of each antenna. 

 Skippers have also, in addition to the knob, a terminal 

 recurved point. 



FIG. 51. Lepidoptera. At the left a cecropia moth with its eggs, larva, and 

 cocoon; at the right a monarch butterfly with eggs, larva, and chrysalis. 



Suborder 2. Heterocera, moths, which have no knobs 

 at the ends of the antennae. 



The colors of butterflies and moths are often very beauti- 



