. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 540 Home Nature-Study Course. Facts for the teacher.— The brilliant copper-red color of the upper sides of the wing of the monarch is made even more brilliant by the contrasting black markings which outline the veins and border the wings, extending back from the tips of the front wings in a triangular patch, which seems to be made especially for showing off the pale orange and white dots set within it. The white dots are s
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 540 Home Nature-Study Course. Facts for the teacher.— The brilliant copper-red color of the upper sides of the wing of the monarch is made even more brilliant by the contrasting black markings which outline the veins and border the wings, extending back from the tips of the front wings in a triangular patch, which seems to be made especially for showing off the pale orange and white dots set within it. The white dots are set two pairs in two rows between each two veins in the black margin of the wings, and the fringe at the edge of the wings shows corresponding white marks. Below the hind wings and the front part of the front wings have a ground color of pale yellow. The black veins on the hind wing are outlined with white and the white spots are much larger on the lower side of the wings than on the vipper. The antennas are about two-thirds as long as the body and each ends in a long knob. The body is black, ornamented with a few pairs of white spots above and with many large white dots below. Insects have six legs and this is one of the char- acters of the order, but in this butterfly the front pair have become so small through disuse that they scarcely look like legs and are folded up under the head. In the monarch butterfly the male has a black spot upon one of the veins of the hind wing. This is a perfume pocket and is filled with what are called scent scales; that is the scales which cover the wing in this place give forth an odor, which we cannot perceive but which is very attractive to the females of the species, so this butterfly may be described to the children as a dandy that carries a perfume pocket to attract his sweetheart. It would be a good exercise to let the children see a bit of a butterfly's wing through the three-fourths objective of a compound microscope, so that they may
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