30 LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 



pieces just enough water to cover them. Add plaster of 

 paris until the water is absorbed. Leave unstoppered 

 until the contents are dried ; then cork tightly. Insects 

 dropped into the bottle will die. Keep the bottle from 



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LESSON VI 



2. THE BUTTEEFLY 



Every country boy or girl knows the white cabbage 

 butterfly, and its associate, the sulphur butterfly. 

 With a freshly killed specimen, take up the study as 

 follows : 



1. Make a drawing of the whole body, showing the 

 characteristic markings. 



2. How many segments to the body? What are the 

 appendages from these segments? 



3. How do the legs compare with those of the grass- 

 hopper ? 



4. Write a descriptive sentence about each of the 

 following points of the wings: Action, shape, overlap- 

 ping, scale-covering, and vein-structure. 



5. How many segments to the abdomen? Are they 

 like those of the grasshopper? 



6. Examine the mouth of the butterfly. Find the 

 coiled tube which it uses to obtain the nectar from the 

 flower. With a pin uncoil it and note its length. 



7. Answer the following points on the observation 

 of a live butterfly : 



