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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



THE FUN OF 

 (SEEINGTHINGS, 



I FOR YDUNfi FOLKS 



V • EDITED BY J 



\ Edward FBigelow / 



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The Fun of Seeing Eggs of Moths and 

 Butterflies. 



Scientists call moths and butterflies 

 by a long name, Lepidoptera, meaning 

 scale wing insects. To say that there 

 are many beautiful forms among the 

 moths and the butterflies, is to say a trite 

 and commonplace thing that everybody 

 knows. To say that their varied forms 

 and varied, often brilliant colors are ap- 

 preciated by all that see them, is 



equally trite and well known. But 

 boys and girls that use the microscope 

 know something about the curious 

 forms of the mealy material or scales 

 that at a touch are rubbed from their 

 wings. But there is one other subject 

 connected with these interesting in- 

 sects that is not often mentioned. To 

 me this is perhaps the most interest- 

 ing of all. It is the satisfaction of col- 

 lecting and mounting the eggs. Such 



A "NRST" OF MISCELLANEOUS EGGS OF BUTTERFLIES. 



