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HABITS. 



But we are sending our friend to bed before 

 ever he has busied himself with the day ! His 



PIG. 103. Eurymus Philodice, female, nat. size ; under surface on right 

 (Harris). 



first thought appears to be of honey, and off he 

 goes, probing every flower he meets, and spend- 

 ing the greater part of the time in this employ- 

 ment. Some butterflies are less greedy than 

 others, and spend long hours in 

 sunning themselves, resting up- 

 on the leaves of herbs or trees 

 or perhaps upon the ground, 

 gently half opening and shut- 

 ting their wings ; many kinds 

 are of a lively and even pug- 

 nacious disposition, and perch 

 themselves upon the tip of a 

 twig or on a stone or some such 

 outlook, and dash at the first 

 butterfly that passes, especially 

 if it be one of their own species ; then the two 

 advance and retreat, forward and backward, time 



nat - 6ize - 



