18 Beautiful Butterflies. 



Most of tho Larvae of the Diurnal Lepidoptera have 

 sixteen legs, six of which, that is, three pairs, are 

 placed on the three first segments of the body, the part 

 which corresponds with what is called the thorax of 

 the winged insect; these foremost legs appear to be 

 the ones principally used for locomotion or travelling ; 

 they are of a hard substance, rather wide where they 

 join the body, and gradually tapering down to the 

 bottom, where they terminate in a strong claw, by 

 which they can draw themselves along. Like the leg 



of the future fly, each of them is divided into several 

 segments, or, in other words, it has several joints, as 

 represented in this figure. You will see that he is 

 rather a bandy-legged fellow — this Caterpillar, but 

 there is wisdom displayed in this, as in every other 

 part of his structure, how admirably are these legs 

 adapted for clasping and holding fast. 



Now for the other, or pro-legs, as they are sometimes 

 called ; pro, in Latin, means for ; therefore this is as 

 much as to say these are not legs, but substitutes for 



