LARGE CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. 195 
engages itself, between the two last pair of perfect 
legs.* To see hundreds of theselittle animals pendent 
at the same time from the boughs of a tree, suspended 
at different heights, some working their way down.. 
wards and some upwards, affords a very amusing 
spectacle. Sometimes, when the wind is high, they 
are blown to the distance of several yards from the 
tree, and yet maintain their threads unbroken.t 
* Reaumur, ii. p. 375. 
+ Kirsy and Spence, ii. p. 294. 
