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THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



" I caught ^ome butterflies like this in my hat last Sum- 

 mer," said Johnny. " As I did n't care to keep them then, 

 I carried the wings to Annie and she arranged them with 

 some pressed flowers in her Herbarium." 



After about ten minutes, the teacher called the boys to 

 take their seats. 



Argynnis Aphrodite. 



" Here," said he, " is a large butterfly called Argynnis 

 Aphrodite. The wings are tawny orange arid shaded very 

 dark near the body. The male is much lighter in color 

 than the female. There is a fine black line near the hind 

 margin of the wings, within which is a row of black cres- 

 cent-shaped spots. The remainder of the wings is spotted 

 irregularly with black. The under side of the hind wings 

 is covered with bright silvery spots, peculiar to this genus. 

 On the under side of the fore wings there are only a few 

 silvery spots, and these are on the front margin. The 



