THE NYMPHS 



to eat away the base of the leaf until it has actu- 

 ally eaten itself " out of house and home " ; then 

 it moves on to another site and goes through a 

 like performance. When nearly grown it seems 

 to gain wisdom, and late in the afternoon it often 

 leaves its home temporarily and feeds on neigh- 

 boring leaves. The goatweed butterfly is found 

 in the Western States from Illinois to Texas. It 

 is double-brooded, and hibernates as a butterfly. 



When chirping crickets fainter cry 



And pale stars blossom in the sky, 



And twilight's gloom had dimmed the bloom 



And blurred the butterfly. 



James Whitcomb Riley. 



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