Ontario Sessional Papers, 1871-72, . ^?<- ^*- The Rape Butterfly is a pretty black and white creature, measuring about two inches across its expand-ed wings. The male (Fig. 84) has only one black s;:otnear the middle of .5. each fore-wing, anda black dash at thetip ; while the fe-male (Fig. 85) hastuco black spots, anda similar black dashat the tip of the fore-wings ; both sexes have a black spoton the front margin of the hind wings. Occasionallyspecimens of the male are taken, of a pale yellow colourinstead of white. The butterfly, which emerges from the pupa state in early sp
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1871-72, . ^?<- ^*- The Rape Butterfly is a pretty black and white creature, measuring about two inches across its expand-ed wings. The male (Fig. 84) has only one black s;:otnear the middle of .5. each fore-wing, anda black dash at thetip ; while the fe-male (Fig. 85) hastuco black spots, anda similar black dashat the tip of the fore-wings ; both sexes have a black spoton the front margin of the hind wings. Occasionallyspecimens of the male are taken, of a pale yellow colourinstead of white. The butterfly, which emerges from the pupa state in early spring, lays its eggs shortlyafter its appearance, singly on the under-side of the leaves of the food-plant. From these aresoon hatched out the larvae,— tiny green caterpillars, which eat voraciously, and grow rapidlytill they attain to a length (jf about an inch and a half. When full grown they are of a palegreen colour, finely dotted with black, and have a yellowish stripe down the back, and anotherFig. 86. along each side {Fig. 86, a)
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