'■ 0' my word, tbe father'3 son . I'll swear 'tis a very pretty boy. O ray irctli. 

 I looked upon liim o" Wednesday half an hour together. " — " I saw him run after 

 a gMded butterfly- 



CORIOLiNCS, ACT I. SO. Ill 



The individuals I have now to bring before you, 

 are the most admired of all the insect tribes. In 

 expanse of wing, and beauty of colouring, they stand 

 unrivalled. Some are scarcely distinguishable from 

 the leaves of plants or the trunks of trees on whicli 

 they repose ; others are of the most unsullied white, 



" Pure as the snow-flake ere it falls to earth." 



Some exhibit gorgeous metallic hues ; and others 

 display an azure equal in its intensitj'' to that of the 



