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INVEKTEBRATES. 



The Papilio, or Butterfly, in zoology, is a genus of insects 

 belonging to the order of lepidoptera. It has four wings, imbri- 

 cated with a kind of downy scales ; the tongue is convoluted in a 

 spiral form, and the body is covered with the. finest hair. There 

 are two hundred and seventy-three species, principally distinguished 

 by the color of their wings. 



The caterpillar state is that through which every butterfly 

 must pass before it arrives at its perfection and beauty. What a 

 difierence betwixt the creeping,, loathsome caterpillar, which many 



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shudder even to touch, and the butterfly, with its lovely expandca 

 wings, adorned with colors which almost vie with those of the 

 rainbow ! 



The Large White Butterfly is a species with which 

 we are well acquainted, and which even attracts the attention of 

 little children. How often do we see them highly amused, pur- 

 suing in the meadow those beautifully-adorned insects ! In the 



