ON APHIDES. 



"A feeble race, yet oft 

 " The sacred sons of vengeance." 



BUT what sort of Insects are Aphides ? demands perhaps a 

 reader who is no entomologist. In plain English, they are 

 Plant-lice. But what are Plant-lice ? is the question put by 

 another who is no observer of nature. Let us inquire in reply, 

 what is a Wasp, a Spider, a Butterfly ? Did you ever happen 

 to notice one of those remarkable creatures ? Well, then, we 

 can tell you that for every single Butterfly, you have seen a 

 thousand Aphides, and for every score of Wasps, a million of 



