. . % that it waswhite, and that without more ado he had snatched his old. ■ ■.iVKi;)rr • . u Ml Mri;|i c mIA; BUTTERFLIES Mclita-a sara. Papilio philenor,Arg>nis idalia. Linienitis artheniis var, lamina. Cystineura dorcas. Thecla halesus. THE INSECT TRIBE 45 fathers cane and set off in pursuit. Still the old man wasperfectly willing to hobble along as best he could if onlygood luck and prosperity could be procured by the slaugh-ter of the pretty little insect. The color of it
. . % that it waswhite, and that without more ado he had snatched his old. ■ ■.iVKi;)rr • . u Ml Mri;|i c mIA; BUTTERFLIES Mclita-a sara. Papilio philenor,Arg>nis idalia. Linienitis artheniis var, lamina. Cystineura dorcas. Thecla halesus. THE INSECT TRIBE 45 fathers cane and set off in pursuit. Still the old man wasperfectly willing to hobble along as best he could if onlygood luck and prosperity could be procured by the slaugh-ter of the pretty little insect. The color of its wings is dueto what seems to us a fine dust scattered over them, but inreality this dust is made up of little discs fastened by stalksto the wings, arranged usually in rows somewhat like theshingles on a house. Xotice its two great round eyes, and remember that eachof these is composed of thousands of perfect little eyes. Itstrunk you will find coiled up under its head, and sometimesthis butterfly of ours completes its toilet by opening itstrunk and cleaning it. By the antenna of the butterflyyou can tell it from the moth
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