8o Lessons in Nature Study. 



scales from her wings. The beetle can dig in the dirt. 

 The dragon-fly is five inches long. The wings are long 

 and thin. The eyes are big. His neck is like a little string. 

 I should think his head would come off. There are two 

 green stripes on his chest. His legs are bent. He has 

 three tails. He has nine rings to his abdomen. His abdo- 

 men is long like a needle. 



Number Lessons. i. A dragon-fly ate 6 mosquitoes for 

 breakfast, 5 more for dinner, and 4 more for supper ; how 

 many did he eat that day ? 



2. There are 9 rings in the abdomen of a dragon-fly ; 

 how many rings in 5 dragon-flies ? 



3. A dragon-fly's body was 2 inches longer than its 

 fore wing, and its fore wing was 2\ inches long ; how long 

 was the fly ? 



4. A dragon-fly flew 6 rods in 2 seconds ; how far did 

 he go in i minute ? 



5. How far would he go in 5 minutes. 



6. One eye has 12,500 parts ; how many in both eyes ? 



7. How many more antennae (feelers) has a beetle than 

 a dragon-fly ? 



8. A butterfly lent one of her feelers to a dragon-fly ; how 

 many feelers had she left ? 



QUESTIONS ON THE DRAGON-FLY (A NET-WINGED INSECT). 



Teacher (showing the insect). Children, what is the 

 name of this animal ? 



George. It is a darning-needle. 



Helen. It is called a snake- feeder. 



Willie. It is a dragon-fly. 



Teacher. Why do they call it a darning needle ? 



Mary. Because it will sew up our ears. 



Teacher. That is a very wrong thing to say about this 

 beautiful insect. It does not do such a thing as that. Some 

 call it a darning-needle because its body is long and slender. 



George. Where I used to live they called them 

 spindles, or snake-spindles. 



