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THE BUTTERFLY HUNTERS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE LITTLE WOOD-BROWNIES. 



.EFORE the next meeting the boys searched 

 faithfully through all the woods and thickets, 

 and many a poor brownie yielded up its 

 little life and took its place on a cork. 

 " I always call these butterflies Quakers," 

 said the teacher, as he commenced his lecture. "They do 

 not appear in the brilliant colors worn by butterflies that 

 love flowers and sunshine, but, dressed in Quaker drab, 

 they seek the quiet and retirement of the woods, where 

 they flit about in graceful circles over the shady beds of 

 ferns and woodland grasses. These Quakers belong to the 

 genus Hipparchia. They possess several distinguishing fea- 

 tures, the most prominent of which is the enlargement of 

 the veins of the fore wings near the shoulder. I shall 

 describe some of the different varieties." 



There the teacher stopped, and selected a box from those 

 on his table, which he held up before the boys. " I think," 

 said he, "that this little butterfly is more beautiful than 

 any other of the Quakers. It is called Hipparchia Eurytris. 

 It is found in the thick woods where the air is damp and 

 cool. It always seeks the shade rather than the sunshine. 



