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ZOOLOGY. 



a club-like way at the tip. The caterpillars possess 

 five pairs of pro-legs ; they are usually almost devoid 

 of hair. There are, however, a few {e.g. the cater- 

 pillar of the peacock butterfly, Fig. 94) which possess 

 hard, spine-like, much-branched bristles. The naked 

 pupse are sharp cornered ; some are girdled, others 

 suspended (p. 137). 



Among butterflies with larvse that become suspended 

 pupse are the Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), the 

 Peacock {Vanessa io, Fig. 94), the FritiUaries {Ar- 



FlG. 94. — The Peacock Butterfly ( Vanessa io), with pupa, and larva Buspended 

 before passing into the pupa state. 



gynnis), the Meadow Browns {Hipparchia), etc. ; and 

 among those with girdled pupse the Swallow Tail 

 {Papilio Tnachaon), the Whites {Pieris), etc. 



The Cabhage White, or Large White (Pieris Brassicoe). 



Butterfly : Length a little over an inch, span of 

 wing 2^ inches. Both fore and hind wings milky 

 white, the former black at the root, on the front edge, 

 and the outer angle ; also a black patch on the inner 

 margin of the lore wing, passing on to the front 



