Teachers' Leaflet. 



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always have in it a stone or some other object which projects above the water, so 

 that the turtle may climb out if it chooses. In the winter turtles bury themselves 

 in the ooze at the bottom of ponds and streams. Their eggs have white, leathery 

 shells, are oblong in shape, and are buried by the mother in the sand at the edge 

 of the stream or pond. The long life of turtles is a well authenticated fact, dates 

 carved upon the shells showing the age of thirty or forty years. 



References: "The Reptile Book," Ditmars ; Text-Books, Jordan, 

 ilerrick, Kellogg, Needham. 



Preliminary 

 lesson should be given in Sep- 

 tember as soon as school opens 

 while yet the caterpillars of the 

 monarch are feeding upon the 

 milkweed, and while there are 

 yet many specimens of this 

 gorgeous butterfly to be seen. 

 Perhaps the first observation 

 should be the lazy flight of this 

 very striking butterfly ; its flight 

 shows clearly that it is not at 

 all afraid of birds, while the 

 zig-zag and dodging flight of 

 other butterflies suggests very 

 forcibly the way these insects 

 escape from their bird enemies. 



THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY. 



work. — This 



Monarch buttcriix. 



LESSON XIII. 



THE appearance OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY. 



Purpose. — To catise the pupil to observe closely the colors and the 

 marks of the monarch. 



What is the ground color above? 



Observations for pupils: 

 I. 



Where are the black markings on the wings? 

 Describe the positions of the white spots on the wings. 

 Describe the colors and marks on the lower sides of the wings ? 

 what is the color of the body, and describe the white marks upon 



2, 



3- 



4- 



5- 



it' 



6. Describe the antennae. 



7. How many legs has this butterfly? 



8. Ls there a black spot near one of the veins on the hind wing? 

 If so, tell what it is for? 



9. Ls the color of this butterfly very striking? 

 vantage is this to the butterfly ? 



If so of what ad- 



