The Butterfly. 



Blackboard Drawing: Honey Bee, lengrth of body, half inch; 

 Dragon Fly, 3 inches. 



58. They are therefore beneficial, and not in 

 the least injurious to man or child (although it 

 bears, in some places, the frightful name of 

 " Devil's Darning Needle "). 



59. It undergoes changes from the egg to the worm 

 and the chrysalis, in the water, occupying two years. 

 When its wings are ready, it rises above its old home in 

 the marsh or the pool, to fly, shine, chase, kill, eat, and 

 die, all in a single season. 



60. BUTTERFLIES, like other Insects which 

 fly, have two long, slender horns or feelers, 

 which they can turn in every direction. 



6 1. When they lay their eggs, they fasten them to some 

 plant or leaf, with a sort of glue of their own making. 

 There they remain until hatched into a kind of worm, 

 which is called a caterpillar if it has legs, or a grub if it 

 has no legs. 



62. The Caterpillar eats enormously, grows 

 rapidly, and often changes its skin. 



