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LEPIDOPTEEA. 



One more butterfly is found in Massachusetts, resembling 

 the preceding in its larva state and in its habits. It is our 

 largest species, expanding from four and a half to five inches. 

 The prevailing color of the wings is yellow, with a broad 

 black margin, on which is a row of yellow spots ; the fore 



Fig. 97. 



wings have four short black bands extending from their front 

 edge, and the hind wings are tailed, and are ornamented 

 with an orange-red spot near the hind angle. It is the 

 Papilio Turnus of Linnseus (Fig. 97).* 



The caterpillar of the Turnus butterfly (Fig. 98) lives 



upon the leaves of apple 

 and wild-cherry trees, folding 

 them up in the same way 

 as does that of the Troilus" 

 butterfly, which, moreover. 



Fig. 98. 



[* In this figure, and others which follow, the under side of the wing, detached 

 from the body of the insect, is represented, as well as the upper side, which in 

 this figure is on the left, and connected with the body. — Ed.] 



