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species ; and, while tables have certain disadvantages, it 

 is hoped that the following table will answer more of the 

 questions that arise as butterflies and their caterpillars 

 are brought into the schoolroom, than could be disposed 

 of in any other way. These tables are the more interest- 

 ing because they represent the work, ingenuity, and obser- 

 vation of a schoolboy aged fifteen. Master W. T. M. Forbes. 

 The species given have been collected, and in many cases 

 their larvae reared, by this enthusiastic young naturalist. 



