HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



Mexico to Hudson Bay. The only consolation 

 the indignant American may experience when 

 contemplating this invasion is to be derived from 

 the fact that we gave the potato-beetle to 

 Europe. 



This is not a pretty butterfly ; if it had oeen we 

 might have forgiven its presence, especially those 

 of us not having our investments in the cabbage 

 patch ; but its black-tipped and spotted white 

 wings lend no color to the landscape. The only 

 time we ever found it truly attractive was one 

 day when we saw it flitting serenely down Broad- 

 way in New York city in nowise dismayed by 

 the turmoil. If the caterpillars were neater in 

 their habits we might see some beauty in them, 

 for they are soft and velvety. However, what 

 the butterflies and caterpillars lack in attractive- 

 ness is compensated for by the beauty of the egg. 

 This is yellow in color and graceful in shape, and 

 is ribbed lengthwise and crosswise in a most 

 elaborate pattern. The chrysalis is also interest- 

 ing in that it often takes on the color of the sub- 

 stance against which it is hung. Once upon a 

 time we saw one of these hung against a pale- 

 brown clapboard and another against a dark- 

 brown window-casing not more than three feet 

 distant, and each resembling the color against 



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