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CHAPTER IX. 



SEPTEMBER. 



HOWEVER exhilarating and delightful may be the bright 

 frosty mornings of this month to the sportsman and the 

 pedestrian, however numerous the attractions which nature 

 still spreads around for her true admirers, the Entomologist 

 begins to find a great diminution in his peculiar sphere of 

 action ; for though many insects still bask lovingly in the 

 warmth of the noonday sun, enjoying to the last its en- 

 livening rays, there are now seen comparatively but a small 

 number of these airy creatures, who depend on warmth and 

 brightness for their short career; and the butterfly-net, 

 though by no means useless, will not be in such constant 

 requisition as during former months. There are, however, 

 found at this season two of the most beautiful species of 



