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Title: The butterfly hunters Identifier: butterflyhunters00cona Year: [yoursearch.cgi?tags=bookyear1868 1868] ([yoursearch.cgi?tags=bookdecade1860 1860s]) Authors: [yoursearch.cgi?tags=bookauthorConant__Helen_Peters_Stevens__1839_1899 Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899] Subjects: [yoursearch.cgi?tags=bookauthorConant__Helen_Peters_Stevens__1839_1899 Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899] Publisher: [yoursearch.cgi?tags=bookauthorConant__Helen_Peters_Stevens__1839_1899 Conant, Helen Peters Stevens, 1839-1899] Contributing Library: [yoursearch.cgi?tags=bookcontributorSmithsonian_Libraries Smithsonian Libraries] Digitizing Sponsor: [yoursearch.cgi?tags=booksponsorBiodiversity_Heritage_Library Biodiversity Heritage Library]

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Text Appearing Before Image: THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 107 because, as they are easily described as a class, it would be useless and indeed almost impossible to describe each variety. I shall mention a few of the kinds most common in this vicinity. There are two kinds of butterflies, the True butterfly, which when lighted always holds its wings erect, and the Skipper, that only erects the fore wings when at rest. These Skippers are very small insects, but their body is very robust, and they fly with great rapidity and strength, not moving in graceful, wavy lines as the True butterflies do, but skipping about with a sudden, jerking motion. Their flight is very short and almost always near the ground. Their prevailing color is dusky brown, with pale, whitish-yellow or transparent spots. The antennae of the Skipper are hooked at the end, which is never the case with the True butterfly. One of our largest and most beautiful Skippers is the

Text Appearing After Image: Eudamus Tityrus. Eudamus Tityrus. It expands over two inches. The wings are dark, velvety brown. The fore pair are crossed by an

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