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THE LIVING WORLD. 
POI/VOMMATUS PHL^SAS. 
WINDOW ILOT 
( Ihyrisfenes - 
trella). 
does not need for support as a temporary means of subsistence. It Hibernates 
until May or June ; the caterpillar takes about ten days for his transformation, 
and soon provides for a new family. 
The Many-Eyed Butterfly ( Polyommatus ) is copper-colored with eye-like 
spots. 
The Theckla ( Thecla betulce ), or Hair-Streaked, is found throughout the 
globe. Five hundred species have been 
classified. In coloring it represents every 
shade—orange, brown, blue, black, etc., 
and has a metallic lustre. 
The Aurora ( Anthocharis cardaminis ) 
has black-spiked, orange-red front wings; 
the under side of the hind wings is a 
moss-green. 
The White Flecked ( Vanessa C. 
album ) has tawny wings, black-spotted 
above, and brown or blue below, with a white spot resembling a 
capital C, a comma, or the Greek letter gamma. The showers of 
blood which sometimes fall in Europe are attributable to a red liquid 
which the butterfly exudes when migrating—not, as the superstitious 
peasants believe, to a special and portentous miracle. 
The Great Ice Bird (. Limenitis populi ) is a dweller in forests, and is 
notable for the height of its flight. 
The Metallic Wing (. Melitcea cinxia ) has brown-yellow and white check¬ 
ered spots; on the under side, bands of white and yellow. 
The Checkered Butterfly (. Melanargia galatea) has a soft, hair-like cover¬ 
ing, and the wings are beautifully checkered with colors of black and orange. 
The Swallow-Tailed (.Papilio 
machaon ) has wings of yellow and 
black, a black body, yellow beneath 
and on the sides, and the hind wings 
notched and prolonged into tails. 
The Apollo (. Parrassius apollo ) is 
found in Switzerland and in the Pyr¬ 
enees. Its wings are generally white, 
tinted with yellow ; lower wings have 
also crimson spots bounded by black 
rings ; fore wings are spotted with 
black. 
The Leaf Formed [PhyIlium sic- 
cifolium) has a striking resemblance 
to a leaf in its wings, legs and thighs. 
The Bee-Moths [Sesia apifumis ) take possession of cells in a bee-hive 
and feed upon the accumulations of others. The mordellidce similarly ensconce 
themselves in the nests of wasps, which do not attempt to expel the intruders. 
The bee-moth is sometimes called the poplar-moth. As a larva, it passes two years, 
during which it is even more destructive than when fully matured. It illus¬ 
trates adaptation to environment, since its jaw is suited for work upon the hard 
substance of the tree, and not simply upon its foliage. 
swallow-tail butterfly {Papilio machaon). 
