. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. !, * i; â¢. â !>ff 570 rilK nUTTKUFLIKS OF XKW KNCLAND. sliorl cut was dircrl ami in llui sun. Why diil llicy take tin; roiiiulaboiit way? Tlic ih'xI liny I siilvod It. for on coniini; in sl;;lit of the place, I saw three or fonr small Ixiys approachini; the thistle patch, straw hats in haml, fmm the end of the barn, and after their oiislauflht. not a bntterlly was to bo soon. The boys were coinninnieallvo, and I fonnd had made many a


. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. !, * i; â¢. â !>ff 570 rilK nUTTKUFLIKS OF XKW KNCLAND. sliorl cut was dircrl ami in llui sun. Why diil llicy take tin; roiiiulaboiit way? Tlic ih'xI liny I siilvod It. for on coniini; in sl;;lit of the place, I saw three or fonr small Ixiys approachini; the thistle patch, straw hats in haml, fmm the end of the barn, and after their oiislauflht. not a bntterlly was to bo soon. The boys were coinninnieallvo, and I fonnd had made many attempts to entch them. They had Invariably come np tlie same way. . Tlie imtterllies had availed themselves of llieir 'ori^anized experien l)arn, on the wail, anywhere and everywhere, â¢\vltliont sense or method, ontroint; iiack au;aln, not a l)ut'erlly was to be fonml. Wlictiier the liovs frinhteneil them aAvay. or wlietlier my inroaii upmi their harl>or of refuiAc di-heartcncd lliem 1 never ; (Trans. Vassar liros. iust.,ii: l;il-'-'.) Postures and flight' Tlio tliglit nt' this spwics nnd tin- last do not dit- t'er in styk'. Dr. ('. .'^. .Miiiot lias nott'd tlmt Ixitli during tlio motion of tlu' wino's iin<l wliiK' snilino-. the iintcniiiio are kept in motion. ^^'llon at rest on a horizontal sni't'aci'. according to tlic same oliscrvcr, the wings arc generally iicld a little Iiclow the horizontal, thongh when in the sun they arc sometimes raised t'l the [)er|icndi('nlar ; while the atten- iiae are I'aiscd alioiit 2(1" from the liori/oiital and divaricate aliont ;\ In walking (from oliservatioii of iialf a doxen speeiniens) he fonnd that the left middle leg and right hind leg moved together and always first; while walking or I'esting on a |iei'pendi<Milar support the alidonien raised and eoncealcil w ithiii the gutter of the hind wings ; lait on a horizon- tal snrfaei it rests, or almost rests, upon the ground. Enemies. Aci'o


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