The sun., 1900-12-21
THE DENTON BUTTE RTIILS.
A Wonderfully Interesting Free Exhibition at
the American Art Galleries.

A Wonderfully Interesting Free Exhibition at
the American Art Galleries.
Six hundred and twenty specimens make
up the collection OF butterflies which the
Denton brothers Of Wellesley, Mass. brought
here from the Paris Exposition and are exhio-
iting at the American Art Galleries In Madison
Square The -four walls of the large upper
gallery reflect the most beautiful colors as
the slanting light falls upon the moths from
all parts Of the earth. the natural paintings
OF whose wings picture a chromatio revel in
miniature The ooors admired In Oriental
rugs. the colors of respendent sunset. the
tints Of the opal brilliant flashes as from
precious gems and the curious hues Of damp
recesses In the woods. all come from the little
things with wings. spread on beds Of Whit"
In varied succession around the room The
specimens vary In size from that 4 peanut
TO so large that ones hand would not cover
one Of them, and they come from the United
States. Europe. Asia, the Southern continents
end distant Islands Like broken bits Of bark
In swampy forest some of them look other,
In their shapes and Elementary markings
counterfeit night birds or dangerous reptiles.
while still others are fair as lilies
In the South American Apdturo cherutind
ga. purple. blue and green fuorescenCe
oNti edus Ilt upper surface oI lIlt wings,
while the lower surface (3S. showing when
'"e wings d'e io'oeu' iese'hD'es 'hc Suhu ol
a beach, even TO the little black grains or
whatever it is in a sea beach which makes.
the sand appear 10 be specked with black
This moth gets its moisture from the sand
and only very sharp eve would detect IL
on a beach when the wings are folded The
Uranid ieilus from Ecuador t6l7l. with a body
color Of deep, rich green. looks as II lts wings
were strung n. fan blades might be-. With
narrow ribbons oi i4snt' shinmerins green
taking wavy lines Some of the moths.
like the EurTcus cressida ,5.:,. from Austria
la are almost aiike on Tie upper ana under
surfaces. The South American MaH''ori'
SSo'n' ,ISl,, ,oTss on ,s uTa"r Sae ma,h ,
iihe matted 'ui' OF srass. me "f'i'id NOM
from India Ac'ids !eto % and 5in. when tie
wns n, u,e ,O'ueu o, 'To a,Sn,, ,he 1l'nIu h u'o
wings Deihs Huch eiohsated ana haVing he
peculiar curve Of the orchid with tn" charao-
In color than the male, is cotls..,e,ably lager
Than he. the body having TO icconmoda,e
smStIs rom on sS0nth America. which for
tilizes the orchids and other deo,.tubed
flowers, is shown with the tongue exterded
iss2i and also as il arrears In reyose Tbe
tongue In this siecinien is s Inches long
!, Is resly tube tub at the toy Of which within
Tue LIoth Hedu Is tnanter WHICH the
moA can. can cause 20 become vacuum
and thus draw ny through the tubular tongue
the honey from tnc DEPTHS of the orchids.
like "a watch. .slring and Is concealed under
the head. WITH the tongue drawn in urd
the wings clio ed the moth looks like an old
stick on the ground. partly bacl; in decly.
The Cdfopsiltd cinris from Guatcmala III
is often described rs resembling the CAl-
fornia poppy. and by the less careful might
he said 70 have "greenery -vallcry." eject
tinged with red. In Is wings Of different shades
II may readily be seen that In .rpurs these
little butterflies would look like flowers of
the field The silyery srots In 'he Ifyduis =
mon.fd t2?l, have the CfYrc' of mother Of roarl
irlov IN black furniture ,rcculiar lrcra.t
attaches TO the Caiicore cip,nend ton, known
es the Brazil butterfly, rom the IlqCc her.
|, /. found IL il Particularly Tho Grllil
bu,terey beconse ~ the ,,orIi,r a, i,s lhycr