THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



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this butterfly belongs, are all four-footed. The edges of 

 the wings are scalloped instead of being notched or tailed, 

 and there is no elevated spot on the hind wing of the 



Nymphalis Disippe. 



male. This Disippe butterfly may be found on the wing 

 from the middle of July until October. It deposits its 

 eggs on Poplars and Willows, where you will often find 

 the brown caterpillar creeping about. 



"There is one more of this genus which we will take 

 for our next lesson. It is very beautiful and entirely dif- 

 ferent in color from the one we have just described. It 

 is not very common, but it will be on the wing about 

 this time, and I think you will find it if you hunt care- 

 fully about the borders of some woodland. It is particu- 

 larly fond of the Scrub-Oak. 



"Before we meet again I wish you would try to find 



