CONTENTS. Vll 



19. COMING OUT. 



Insects of three several orders are here depicted, as emerged or emerging from 

 their pupa cases. On the right, are two caterpillars of the small Tortoise- 

 shell Butterfly ( Vanessa Urticce), suspended to the stalks of nettles for their 

 second transformation. Th3y are hung pendent by means of hooks passing 

 through silken loops woven to the stalks ; and through the skin of the low- 

 est, which is rent at the shoulders, appears the head of the emerging chrysa- 

 lis, or pupa. To the left of these, and suspended in like manner, hangs the 

 chrysalis itself, or more properly, its empty skin, on which, recently come 

 forth, stands the Butterfly, with wings hung down for more complete expan- 

 sion. On the nettle-leaf below, are two empty, barrel-shaped pupa-cases of 

 flies, sometimes parasitic on the same caterpillars ; of these, one is prepared 

 for flight, while the other, more recently emerged, appears with wings still 

 damp, white, and crumpled. Jo the left, on a stalk of marestail, (Equisetum), 

 is the pupa of a Dragon-Fly (JEsckna varia), from whence, through a rent 

 on the shoulders, the perfect insect is " coming out." One emerged appears 

 on wing at a distance in pursuit of its butterfly prey . . .22 



" See, Heaven's own emblem of the soul" 



The sinner exhorted, by the symbol of insect transformation, to " come out" 

 from the sensual debasements of his fallen nature . . 48 



20. THINGS OF A DAY. 



The transformations of a May or Day-Fly (Ephemera vulgata), form the subject 

 of this Vignette. On the bank is the grub or larva, with the nest-holes, 

 usually below water, which it is accustomed to inhabit. Attached to the 

 grass above is a vacated skin, the complete envelope of a perfect fly, which 

 it always casts off on its fourth or last development. To the right, flies an 

 imago, or perfect insect, as freed from this incasement, while a company of 

 the same are seen disporting at a distance 44 



An ephemeral establishment for ephemeral education ; one, as the other, tempo- 

 rary in design rotten in foundation 59 



