. Elementary entomology . Fig. 261. The tityrus skipper {^Epargyreus titvnts), — adult, larva, and leaf-cocoon. (Natural size) (After Linville and Kelly) and another sometimes injures corn in the Gulf States, perforating the leaves with numerous holes before they unfold. The skippers may be considered as intermediate be- tween the moths and the true butterflies. TRUE BUTTERFLIES The true butterflies include four well- defined families. The swallowtails (Papilionidae) include our common black-and-yellow species, which have the hind-wings prolonged into characteristic tails. The only species of
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 261. The tityrus skipper {^Epargyreus titvnts), — adult, larva, and leaf-cocoon. (Natural size) (After Linville and Kelly) and another sometimes injures corn in the Gulf States, perforating the leaves with numerous holes before they unfold. The skippers may be considered as intermediate be- tween the moths and the true butterflies. TRUE BUTTERFLIES The true butterflies include four well- defined families. The swallowtails (Papilionidae) include our common black-and-yellow species, which have the hind-wings prolonged into characteristic tails. The only species of any economic importance is the celery, or parsley, cateipillar {Papilio polyxenes) known swallowtail, jet-black with the outer edge of the wings marked with two rows of yellow spots, and a peculiar eyespot on
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