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CHAPTER VII. 



JULY. 



THE gradually increasing heat of the season during the 

 present month produces many insects new to the student ; 

 and if he be interested in the pursuit, much knowledge may 

 be acquired, many observations made, and an abundance of 

 specimens added to the cabinet. In Lepidoptera July is par- 

 ticularly fruitful, as sunshine seems the appropriate element 

 of these delicate creatures ; and the thicker clothing, if we 

 may so term it, with the more robust forms of the nocturnal 

 tribes, scarcely reconciles us to the idea of their still fragile 

 beauty being exposed to the chilly dews of night in our 

 northern climate. But we know that they are well adapted 

 to their assigned place in the creation ; and to the imagina- 

 tive mind there is something agreeable in the idea of being 



