The Butterflies' Fad 
the fore wings and the reddish color of the apex and upper mar¬ 
gin of the same wings. Expanse, 2.25-2.75 inches. 
Early Stages .—These have been partially described by Henry 
Edwards, and minutely worked out by Dr. Dyar, for whose de¬ 
scription the reader may consult the “Canadian Entomologist," 
vol. xxiii, p. 172. The food-plant of the caterpillar is Populus , 
willows, and the choke-cherry (Primus demissa ). 
Besides the forms figured in our plates there is a species in 
Florida named jloridensis by Strecker, and subsequently eros by 
Edwards, which is generally larger and much darker than B . di« 
sippuSy which it otherwise closely approximates. 
THE BUTTERFLIES' FAD 
** I happened one night in my travels 
To stray into Butterfly Vale, 
Where my wondering eyes beheld butterflies 
With wings that were wide as a sail. 
They lived in such houses of grandeur, 
Their days were successions of joys, 
And the very last fad these butterflies had 
Was making collections of hoys. 
u There were boys of all sizes and ages 
Pinned up on their walls. When I said 
'Twas a terrible sight to see boys in that plight, 
I was answered: * Oh, well , they are dead. 
We catch them alive, hut we kill them 
With ether — a very nice way: 
Just look at this fellow — his hair is so yellow, 
And his eyes such a beautiful gray. 
' • * Then there is a droll little darky, 
As black as the clay at our feet; 
He sets off that blond that is pinned just beyond 
In a way most artistic and neat. 
And now let me show you the latest,— 
A specimen really select, 
4 boy with a head that is carroty-red 
And a face that is funnily specked. 
* We cannot decide where to place him; 
Those spots bar him out of each class; 
We think him a treasure to study at leisure 
And analyze under a glass.' 
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