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THE NATURE BOOK 



it often measures nearly three inches 

 across its ex'pancied wings. 



While we are moving about amongst 

 the clover blooms, another brightly 



tration appear. The photograph gives no 

 idea of the beauty of these insects ; their 

 fore-wings are metallic blue or green that 

 glitters in the sunlight, but looks black 



FEMALE SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY. 



coloured insect may often be seen and 

 perhaps be mistaken for a liutterffy. 

 There suddenly sounds on the ear a 

 buzzing noise, something like that of a 

 fly, and one or more insects like those 

 shown on the clover-head in the next illus- 



when seen in shadow, and on each of these 

 dark wings appear live spots of carmine 

 red. The lower wings are of the same 

 red colour edged with a narrow border 

 of the dark metallic green seen on the 

 fore-wings. This insect is the Narrow- 



