THE BUTTERFLY. 



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der the head and hidden by the palps (Fig. 141). "When 

 it is straightened out it looks like a long, slender tube, 

 but it is really made of two pieces, or half -tubes, one 



Fig. 142. 



Base of Feeler, or 

 Antenna. 



Eye. 



Lip, or Palp. 



Honey-tube. 



Head of Butterfly. 



each side. These are fastened together in the middle 

 by means of very fine hairs along the edges, as you 

 might fasten together two brushes. These two long, 

 fine half -tubes take the place of the lobster's little 

 jaws (maxilla), and they are made in this way because 

 the butterfly has to suck honey out of the deep tubes 

 of the flowers (Fig. 142), so he does not need the strong 

 pincers, scissors, and jaws, of the lobster. It is also a 

 good plan to have his bill in two pieces instead of one, 

 because it is so much easier to keep it clean. You know 



