HOW TO KNOW THE BUTTERFLIES 



when the wild roses bloom through all the future 

 centuries this butterfly will come and tell to a 

 glad world that the life of a great and noble man 

 was lived in closest touch with Nature. 



There is a purple tinge to the sapphire irides- 

 cent wings of Scudder's blue ; and the female has 

 a row of orange spots with black centers border- 

 ing her hind wings and just a hint of a similar 

 border on the front wings. The species is Cana- 

 dian, though it occurs in New England and New 

 York. It flies close to the ground, and loves to 

 collect in large numbers about damp places look- 

 ing from a distance like a still pool mirroring the 

 sky. 



The caterpillar is a flexible, extensible little 

 creature and loves to poke its tiny head between 

 the upper and lower surface of a leaf and suck 

 the soft juices. No need of vivisection in order 

 to study the internal anatomy of this caterpillar, 

 for all its inner workings may be seen through 

 the transparent body walls. It* secretes honey- 

 dew and is in high favor with the ants. 



" See a little blue butterfly fluttering about on the dry brown 

 leaves in a warm place by the swamp side, making a pleasant 

 contrast." Thoreau. 



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