52 LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD. 



EVENING FIFTH. 



BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 



Aunt M. Anna says, tell us about butter- 

 flies, they are so beautiful. They are indeed 

 beautiful ; coming with the spring, and hover- 

 ing about among the flowers, looking, as some 

 one says, like flying flowers themselves they 

 delight both children and grown people ; and 

 they may delight us still more if we look at them 

 as another evidence of the kindness of our Hea- 

 venly Father, who has not only given us those 

 animals and vegetables which are really neces- 

 sary to our support, but has filled the earth 

 with beautiful and pleasant things, to please the 

 eye and gratify the taste. He has painted the 

 flowers with the richest colors, and has given 

 them the sweetest smell ; he has covered the 



