^2 THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



the insects room to expand their wings. These you have 

 lost were the moths of the Lackey caterpillar. Their 

 wings are reddish-brown, crossed by two dingy white lines. 

 You will find them every evening now, flying about your 

 room, if you leave your window open after the lights are 

 brought in. They are the moths which leave their eggs 

 on the apple-trees. The caterpillars are often very nu- 

 merous, and, unless destroyed by the farmer, they prove a 

 great injury to the fruit. 



"That delicate gray chrysalis contains the Vanessa 

 Comma butterfly. Where did you get it .'' " 



"Johnny found it on the Hop-vine back of the house," 

 replied Annie, "and this dark-brown one Tom brought 

 me yesterday. He took it from an old branch of a Willow." 



"That is the chrysalis of the Vanessa Antiopa, which 

 the boys will remember we had specimens of in the early 

 Spring," said Mr. Benedict. " That chrysalis," pointing to 

 one about two inches long, of a rich brown color, and 

 covered with little points, " is as valuable as any you 

 have. It contains the large yellow moth called Dryocampa 

 Imperialis. I am afraid it is dead, for it is late in the 

 season for it to come out. It generally appears by the 

 first of July." 



"Johnny dug that chrysalis out of the ground last 

 Spring," said Annie. 



Just then Johnny came into the room with his butterfly 



