tionary position, head upward, body hanging downward. Then by the action of 

 the heart the fluids which fill the body begin to be rapidly sent into circulation, 

 more particularly into the wings, which expand second after second, minute after 

 minute, the fluids in the body being transferred through the circulatory system of 

 the wings until the latter, hanging downward, have assumed their full form. The 

 insect then begins gently to move its wings, to fan them, still remaining in the 

 position which it first took. After a while the wings become perfectly dry, and the 

 long worm-like body has shrunk up and has assumed the form which it will retain 

 through the subsequent life of the insect. Madame Butterfly then begins to 

 change her position. She carefully crawls a few steps to try her powers of locomo- 

 tion. She suddenly expands her wings, and, presto ! if you alarm her, she is off, 

 fluttering about the cage in which you may have her, or darting forth into the 

 room and through the open window, hieing herself forth in quest of food, which 

 awaits her in the honeyed cups of the wild flowers. 



COLLECTING BUTTERFLIES 



In collecting butterflies the first thing is to get a net of some kind with which 

 to catch the insects without tearing their delicate wings, and thus robbing them 

 of their beauty (see Plate D, Figs. 1 and 2). When I was a boy I made my own nets. 



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