Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-06
Early Spring Butterfiies

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When the sun dims the stars in
the skies, and rosy morn greets
Aurora" then Phaeton's chariots,
driven by swift winds, fly into its
dazzling beams whose warmth gives
to Gods created things-motion life.
Through motion" all nature sings.
and animal pleasure begins; that of
Seeking and being sought" But
terf1ies gleam in circling flight, or
found clinging fast on fowerets,
now and then play tag in a
'straight-a-way' to our delight.
| Wherever any flowers bloom, but
terfiies linger, and bees hum. At
this time of year four kinds of but
terfiies (Rhopalacera) appear. First
of all, THE Brides" as pure and
white as the driven snow; secondly,
Orange-Tips;" thirdly, that fascin-
ating coquette, "The Chamberwell
Beauty" and fourthly, The Mon
arch," in slow majestic mien, whose
calmness attracts wherever seen.
The first ones scientific name is
Pieris napi (from the early Greek
muses. of the Valley, prosaiacally
known as the Cabbage Butterfly"
Skipping about in the sun, hurried
by April's tickle breezes, hither and
thither; vanishing as the sky is over
cast, retreats under the broad cano-
py or the cabbage leaf; to reappear.
as the sunlight glows upon the gol-
den dandelion, on that plant where
1t shows supreme joy, by slowly vi
brating it's wings to and fro; it's head
thrust in up to the eyes; with its
stiff tongue seeks the nectar from
the little yellow bundle of flowerets;
in the height of it's enjoyment 1t
ceases to agitate it's wings being
thrilled into motionless ectasy!
Afterward-
Flicker and glimmer and turn
in their flight;
Surely the dandelion should
| tame them,
Close to my hand they will swing
and alight."
Secondly, the real butterfly (the
Sulphurs, (Colias philodice), whose
butter" color gives the vulgar name
to the whole tribe of fragile winged
and brilliant-hued insects.
They spring from the dewy lanes
At noon, the roads are all flutter
With flies, as yellow as butter"
Thirdly, The Orange-Tip," (Syn.
chloe gneutia), called that because
the front wings near the body are
slightly tinged with green so they
harmonic with the body; however
the tips of these wings are covered
with contrasting orange-red; as il
one had not succeeded in holding il
in his bloody finger; made so in al
possibility by an unseen thorn, enc
rose without a thorn" in graspine
the f1uttering prize, the hurt made
him let co. but left the imprint OF
his fingers as it gladly flew away
Trembling with joy while she stood
And felt the suns enlivening ray;
Drank from the skies the vital flood
And wondered at her plumage gay!
Soon, thirdly, THE Chamberwell'
Beauty" (Euvanessa autiopa) Anti
ope was an Amazon, a granddaugh-
ter of Neptune; wife of Lycus, King
of Thebes, Egypt; she was the
mother of the twins Amphion an6
Zethus. She was very vain.
The butterfly looks like a sombel
adornment; it's dark wings are con.
trasted by a golden border. empha.
sized with spots of heavenly blue
Likely she spent the winter in g
barn, because her blackness made
her unseen as her specific name in.
dicates; 1t has three and a quarter
inches spread of wing.
"A birthday cake is beautiful sight
And running horse. with white hair
But the splendidest sight of any fight
Is butterfly up in the air."
-Budd's Comments.
And balanced oft her broidere6
wings,
Through fields of air prepared to sail
Then on her vent'rous journey
springs
And floats along the rising gale.
The Butterf1y's Birthday.