





ON APHIDES. 



" A feeble race, yet oft 

 ' The sacred sons of vengeance." 



BUT what sort of insects are Aphides ? demands perhaps a 

 reader who is no entomologist. In plain English,, they arc 

 Plant-lice. But what are Plant-lice ? is the question put by 

 another who is no observer of nature. Let us inquire in reply, 

 what is a Wasp, a Spider, a Butterfly ? Did you ever happen to 

 notice one of those remarkable creatures? AY ell then, we can 

 tell you that for every single Butterfly, you have seen a 

 thousand Aphides, and for every score of Wasps, a million of 



