328 ( i L KA M.\(,'8 FROM XA TV RE. 



they usually rise and fall in the same vertical line 

 performing a curious aerial dance which is long con- 

 tinued. 



Among the dozen or more butterflies and moths 

 which winter in the perfect state, the most common 

 and the most handsome is the "Camberwell beauty" 

 or '-mourning cloak," Vanessa antiopa L., a large 

 butterfly whose wings are a rich purplish brown 

 above, duller beneath and broadly margined with a 

 yellowish band. It is often found in winter beneath 

 chunks which are raised a short distance above the 

 ground, or in the crevices of old snags and fence rails. 

 It is then apparently lifeless, with the antennae rest- 

 ing close along the back, above which the wings are 

 folded. But one or two warm days are necessary to 

 restore it to activity, and I have seen it on the w r ing 

 as early as the 2d of March, hovering over the open 

 flowers of the little snow trillium. 



All the species of ants survive the winter as mature 



forms, either in their 

 nests in the ground or 

 in huddled groups in 

 half rotten logs and 

 stumps; while here 

 and there beneath logs 

 a solitary queen bum- 

 ble-bee, bald hornet, or 

 yellow jacket is found 



i.9*-A Queen Bumble-bee. the sole representa- 



tives of their races. 



Thus insects survive the winter in many ways and 

 in many places, some as eggs, others as larvae, still 



