HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



brown or black spots and six longitudinal rows of long, black, 

 bristly spines. 



Food-plant. — Passion- vine. 



The zebra with its long, narrow, black, velvety 

 wings banded with lemon yellow is indeed a trop- 

 ical-looking creature. On the wings beneath, 

 the markings above are repeated in lemon and 

 cream-white with the addition of a peach-blossom 

 colored blotch at the tip of the hind wing and 

 some vermilion spots on both wings near the 

 bases. Its pallid, spiny caterpillars are found on 

 the passion-flower from Florida to South Caro- 

 lina ; in their later stages they hide during the 

 day and feed by night. The butterflies come out 

 of the protecting forest in the morning to enjoy 

 the hot sunshine in the open field, but when dis- 

 turbed they take to the woods again with all ex- 

 pedition ; at night they rest in flocks on the 

 Spanish moss or on the dead twigs, where they 

 hang head up with wings closed over the back. 

 The chrysalis is a peculiar-looking object and 

 very pretty. It is angular in outline, and has two 

 leaf-shaped projections on its head and numerous 

 points and spines tipped with gilt. The maiden 

 zebra is much wooed, for her lovers cling in num- 

 bers to her chrysalis before she emerges, anxiously 

 waiting her debut into the winged world. The 



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