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as I have said, leisurely, until it came to a small 

 caterpillar hurrying by. Just as it stood over the 

 caterpillar it stopped, and so did the caterpillar, 

 for the assassin's stilletto pierced the worm-like 

 body of the baby moth and ended its career right 

 there. 



According to all accounts, both the kissing-bug 

 and the assassin-bug can make painful wounds, so 

 it may be well for the young collector not to ex- 

 periment with them in that line or to allow the ugly 

 things to poke their sharp beaks through the col- 

 lector's skin. 



CONCLUSION 



This book, boys, was written, not to take the 

 place of any other book in the field, but to stimu- 

 late your interest and encourage you to read other 

 books which take up the subject in a more technical 

 manner — books like ' Caterpillars and Their 

 Moths," which is brim full of original investigation ; 

 but beyond all this and above all this is the hope that 

 this book will encom'age you to go afield and hunt 

 the insects and study them first hand. Such work 

 will develop your power of observation. 



Boys' eyes are keener than the e}^es of men or 

 grown people. Boys see more, and if their ob- 



