LEPIDOPTERA : BUTTERPXIES. 



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threadlike, with a Httle knob at the end, and their 

 larva; do not spin cocoons. Moths fly mainl)- at 

 night, have their wings when at rest more or less slop- 

 ing like a roof, and their antenna are variously formed, 

 but never knobbed at the end. 



Papilio Butterflies. 



The Turnus Butterfly is one of the largest in North 

 America. Its color is a beautiful yellow, with black 

 markings, and the hind wings are tailed. The cater- 

 pillar feeds upon the leaves of the apple and wild 



Fig. 265. — Larva of Asterias Butterflj'. 



Fig. 266. — Pupa of Fig. 265 



Fig. 267. — Asterias Butterfly. 



