68 THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



some of the chrysalids we talked about at the last lesson. 

 Frank, they will interest you more than the caterpillars." 



" Yes, Sir, they will. But where shall I look for them ? " 

 said Frank. 



"O, in different places. Sometimes you will find them 

 attached to old dead branches by a silken thread, or hid 

 away in snug places round fences and stone walls. The 

 chrysalids of the moths, that we shall study about when 

 we have finished the butterflies, are often found in the 

 ground. The tPhilodice chrysalis you will find in Clover 

 fields suspended to the stalks of Clover or spires of grass. 

 It is of a straw color." 



" I am going to hunt for some of them," said Frank, 

 "and I know a girl," he added, laughing and looking to- 

 ward the Queen, "who is making a collection. She has 

 a whole box full." 



" Do you mean Annie } " asked Mr. Benedict, turning 

 towards her. 



" I have a few," said Annie, " that Johnny and Hal have 

 brought me." 



"I found some of them," said Johnny, "when I turned 

 up the earth in making Annie's garden in the Spring. 

 We had not commenced studying then, but they were so 

 pretty and shining I carried them in for her to keep." 



" Have any butterflies come out yet ? " askecl the teacher. 



" No, Sir," said Annie. Then she added timidly, " If I 



