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mother were in Annie's room with the young girl, but 

 that nothing could be decided as yet. 



That evening at the butterfly class the boys were all 

 watching for Johnny, and when he appeared they all began 

 to question him. He had not much to tell them. The 

 Doctor had performed an operation on Annie's foot, and 

 had gone back to the city. He had left very strict orders 

 to keep Annie quiet on her bed, and in a few days he was 

 coming again, when he would be able to say with more 

 confidence what would be .the result. Mr. Benedict was 

 much interested in Annie, but he saw it would be better 

 for the boys to draw their thoughts to another subject. 

 " Come, boys," said he, " we must examine our specimens 

 for the evening." He looked at what had been brought 

 in, and then commenced his lecture. ' 



"At our last meeting I told you about four varieties 

 of the genus Argynnis. There are many more of that class 

 in Vhich you would be interested, and if any of you bring 

 in another variety, which I don't think very likely, I will 

 tell you about it. At present, however, I shall pass to 

 the genus Cynthia, to which Frank's Hunter's butterfly 

 belongs. This genus is distinguished by the evenness of 

 the edges of the wings. On the fore wings there is a 

 slight indentation, and they are also slightly elongated to- 

 ward the front border. The hind wings are never indented 

 nor tailed. In the Cynthia Huntera, or Hunter's butterfly, 



