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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
ingeniously made little habitation, to which the caterpillar always 
leaves the shrivelled end of the leaf attached to serve as a porch or 
veranda on which to crawl out, serves as its winter home. This leaf 
Chrysalis of Limenitis Ursula. Chrysalis of Limenitis artliemis. 
is attached by silk to the twig, and here it weathers the blasts of 
winter, securely fastened. After the other leaves have fallen in the 
autumn, these “ hibernacula,” as they are called, may be easily found 
and kept in a cool place till the next season, when the broods.may be 
started as soon as the buds begin to open. The chrysalis is as peculiar 
in shape as the larva, being angular, with a flat projection at the back. 
It is brown, gray, white and pinkish, the brown predominating. 
Limenitis arthemis. Male. 
Limenitis arthemis , although a somewhat smaller butterfly than 
the preceding is, nevertheless, a very fine insect. The habitat of 
this species is much more northern than the last described insect, 
being found throughout the northern part of the United States east 
