THE BUTTEKFLY. 



Whatever diffionlty they may have in geonring gpeoimens for 

 other lessona, ohildren can always catoh batterfliea and oaterpillara . 

 Batterflies may be killed with chloroform or benzine, and the wings 

 spread on a setting-board made by nailing two cleats lengthwise on 

 a piece of wood with a space between them wide enough for the 

 body of the insect. When dried, the bnttetflies may be pinned in a 

 box with strips of cork glued inside the bottom. Caterpillars are 

 pat in boxes, fed with fresh leaves, and kept through their trans- 

 formations, while cbrysalids can be gathered in the autumn. 



Fig. 1. 



Cabbage butte'fiies (Fig. 1) are always plenty, and will do very 

 well, if larger ones are not at hand. Specimens for study may be 

 kept without pinning in boxes or envelopes. Two days before the 

 lesaon tbey should be placed upon thin paper over wet sand. This 

 will soften them so that they can be handled without breaking 

 easily. Butterflies kept in alcohol will be perfectly flexible, bat 

 will have no bright colors, and cluldren will not feel that they ate 

 the real thing. 



The cabbage butterfly has two pairs oi very large 



wings. They are white with two black spots and a 



black patch on the forward ones, and one black spot on 



the hind ones. 



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