. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. â 1^ " :'"'1fli mdk ,iv:; -'ii^^ â â m^'\i''Mi^Bl' 'W"^f-^wm :ii:'-iB mM ;1r?' .'I'^Jiii^l ''u^H^^H i'\l''^ "^f^^^^H |r)\ 'â 'I . - '.V^^^^^l lit"'v^^'H ^ t ^'!L>-. -nri^^H M' 'l^^Bl Ui( 'â i'i' â ' â '^sB* m â 'v'' â -â !'^^''' ^^H 'â 'ii' â ^^Sifi^t i ^H l& MHflHiU&BflHR I 'fi ^^^1 Sm^^^^^^^H : m^^^^^M \ )'!''''"' H^^^St _;.:!,if 1312 rili; nUTTEKFLIKS OF Xi;\V ). pillars of some of tlio
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. â 1^ " :'"'1fli mdk ,iv:; -'ii^^ â â m^'\i''Mi^Bl' 'W"^f-^wm :ii:'-iB mM ;1r?' .'I'^Jiii^l ''u^H^^H i'\l''^ "^f^^^^H |r)\ 'â 'I . - '.V^^^^^l lit"'v^^'H ^ t ^'!L>-. -nri^^H M' 'l^^Bl Ui( 'â i'i' â ' â '^sB* m â 'v'' â -â !'^^''' ^^H 'â 'ii' â ^^Sifi^t i ^H l& MHflHiU&BflHR I 'fi ^^^1 Sm^^^^^^^H : m^^^^^M \ )'!''''"' H^^^St _;.:!,if 1312 rili; nUTTEKFLIKS OF Xi;\V ). pillars of some of tlio Nyniiilialidac, sncli as Eiivancssa antiopa, Aglais inill)eiti, and CiiK'lidia iiairisii, will inovo tlieiv heads by simultaneous jerks to one side and tiio otiier, like a retfiment of soldiers shifting arniB. This conmuuiity of aetion imist l)e a very considerahle safeguard, and indeed I am inelined to regard the mere presenec of caterpillars in eonslderahlc numl)ers feeding in company- as in itself j)roteetive, partly because it is most eouniion in the highest family and never found in the lowest, so that the hahit wituld seem to ha\ e gr;)\vn and liecome intensified l)y its pro- tective qualities. Some certainly of the cnterp'llars which thus feed in <'omj)any will not be touched by chickens. I ha\e several times thrown twigs covered with the <'aterpilhirs of Euvancssa antiopa into a chicken yai'd only to the alarm of the chickens, they eithei- paying no attention to the caterpillars as they crawled away, or regarding them with evident horror, never once offering to touch them ; of course this may l)e due sim- ply to their spinous clothing. But besides the spine<l caterpillars which are presumably protected by such commiuiity of action, such as Euvanessa antiopa, Aglais milljerti, Eugonia j-album and the Melitaeidi in their earlier stages, we ha\e, even in our own fauna, instances of naked eater- pillars which enjoy the siune means of protcciion, such a
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