Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 90
e were playing a joke for no pur-pose except the fun of the thing. Among the most noticeable of these (perhapswe will call it the clown of a fancied natureshow) is the chrysalis of the Harvester but-terfly, its very odd markings looking decidedlylike a monkeys face. The eggs of this butter-fly are… … DRAWING OF CHRYSALIS OF HARVESTERBUTTERFLY. 647 daily those belonging to the same family) havebeen known to turn cannibal and eat their bro-thers and sisters in times of famine, but thisHarvester larva is the only one truly carnivo-rous among our own butterflies. Here comes in a strange fact. Our…
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