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noted ; a wide and open field lies before the in- 

 quirer, and it is for his use that I have tried now 

 and then to bring together a few facts concerning 

 the postures and behavior of butterflies in differ- 

 ent circumstances. Thesj are, however, still too 

 few whereon to base any general statements likely 

 to require no important modification on future 

 investigation, and I leave them for the present 

 barren of result, in the hope of enticing some one 

 to enter a promising field, and perchance relieve 

 these facts of their present stupidity. 



