. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . a brown butterfly about an inch in expanse, called the DUKE OF BURGUNDY The SCALE-WINGED INSECTS 317 caterpillar is reddish, and feeds on primroses. It is nota very abundant species in England. The third family is represented in I^ritain by threevery distinct sections of rather small butterflies, thelargest of which scarcely measures more than an inch anda half across the wings. These are the Hair-STREaks(brown, with light lines on the under surface of thewings, and a short tail on the hind wings, except
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . a brown butterfly about an inch in expanse, called the DUKE OF BURGUNDY The SCALE-WINGED INSECTS 317 caterpillar is reddish, and feeds on primroses. It is nota very abundant species in England. The third family is represented in I^ritain by threevery distinct sections of rather small butterflies, thelargest of which scarcely measures more than an inch anda half across the wings. These are the Hair-STREaks(brown, with light lines on the under surface of thewings, and a short tail on the hind wings, except inthe Green Hair-streak, so named from the green undersurface of the vvingsj ; the small Ulue BUTTERFLIES, whichgenerally have brown females ; and the Coppers, the only commonspecies of which measures about an inch across the wings. Thefore wings are bright copper)- red, with dark brown spots and borders, and the hind wings are dark brown,with a coppery red border, spottedoutsiiie with black. The smallcopper butterfly and some; ofthebluesare common in meadowsand P*oro by ur. SaviUt-Ktnt,, Milfard-tn-Sia new guinea golden butterfly A remarkable andrecen:lydiic^jvered swalloiu-tailed butterjiy Many of the members of the fourth family are of a white or yellow colour, among which are the destructive «—^ .,^_-^ —^^ White C A B - BAGE-BUTTER- FLIES, three species of which are very common in England, where the) ma)- be seen every garden throughout summer. The photograph on page 716 represents one of these at rest. A prettier species is the Orange-TIP, which is common in spring. The underside of the hind wings is mottled with green; and there is a bright orange spot before the tip of the fore wing, both above and below. - Some of the South American butterflies of this family much resemble the Long-winged Butterflies of the same country. The family of the SwALLOW-TAlLED BUTTERFLIES includesa considerable number of large and handsome species, but they are not numero
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