TWO YOUNG NATURALISTS. 



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has no more determined enemies, even among the 

 hordes of insects, than the Lepidoptera. It is true 

 that it is not the butterflies themselves that do the 

 harm, but the caterpillars ; however, as the butter- 

 flies produce the caterpillars, and the caterpillars 



SCALES FROM BUTTERFLIES' WINGS, GREATLY MAGNIFIED. 



the butterflies, it is much the same thing to the 

 vegetables." 



" And I, who thought them incapable of the slightest 

 misdeed," said Kene', "confiding in their beautiful 

 adornments and their innocent movements ! You 



