NOVEMBER 233 



of degenerative changes from blue to black 

 and then olive and green and yellow before 

 the color disappears, so here color changes 

 come on, but are arrested in each scale at a 

 definite point that determines the color. If 

 it seems a cold business to analyze the hue 

 of a butterfly's wing and bring it down to a 

 physiological process, forget it all and re- 

 member only the beauty. 



Few insects have the hardihood to brave 

 the winter. The race is carried over from 

 year to year either in the egg or in a resting 

 stage as unlike the parent as an insect can 

 well be, and the parents often drag out a 

 useless existence until life comes to a tedi- 

 ous end. 



THE GRASSHOPPER'S DEATH 

 A LOVELESS OLD AGE 



Hard luck is the life portion of the grass- 

 hopper. The happy member of this tribe, 

 it seems to me, is the one the turkey picks 

 up, for his troubles are soon over. Miss- 

 ing this fate, a lingering death usually 

 awaits him. Sometimes his reckless leap 



