INTRODUCTOEY CHAPTER. 



Many persons who know little or nothing about butter- 

 flies may be tempted^ to make a collection of them when 

 they find themselves in a semi-tropical land, which yields 

 in great profusion such beautiful creatures, whose brilliant 

 colouring when grouped together has so pleasing an 

 effect. To such, a slight sketch of the life of a butterfly 

 may not be unacceptable. 



Butterflies and moths belong to the order Lepidoptera 

 or Scale-winged insects. The different stages of growth 

 of these insects are called the — 



Ovum. Larva. Pupa. Imago. 



Egg. Caterpillar. Chrysalis. Butterfly. 



The body consists of three parts : the head, the thorax, 

 and the abdomen. There are two pairs of wings, the 

 upper and the lower; or, as they are generally called, 



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