BKITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



CHAPTEE I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



WHAT IS A BUTTERFLY BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS BUTTERFLY- 

 UFE THE EGG STAGE SCULPTURED CRADLES BUTTERFLY 

 BOTANY THE CATERPILLAR STAGE FEEDING UP COAT CHANG- 

 ING FORMS OF CATERPILLARS THE CHRYSALIS MEANING OF 

 PUPA, CHRYSALIS, AND AURELIA FORMS OF CHRYSALIDES 

 DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSFORMATION INFLUENCE OF TEMPERA- 

 TURE. 



OCCASIONALLY a missive arrives from some benevolent 

 friend, announcing the capture of a "splendid butterfly/' 

 which, imprisoned under a tumbler, awaits one's accept- 

 ance as an addition to the cabinet. However, on going 

 to claim the proffered prize, the expected "butterfly" 

 turns out to be some bright-coloured moth (a Tiger moth 

 being the favourite victim of the misnomer), and one's 

 entomological propriety suffers a shock ; not so much 

 feeling the loss of the specimen, as concern for the 

 benighted state of an otherwise intelligent friend 7 s 

 mind with regard to insect nomenclature. 

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