OPENED EARTH BALL SHOWING WORK OP CELEUS CATERPILLAR AND PUPA 



CASE FOUND IN IT 



Chapter Seven 

 KING OF THE HOLLYHOCKS 



PROTOPARCE CELEUS 



PROTOPARCE CELEUS was the companion of 

 Deilephila Lineata in the country garden where I 

 first studied Nature. Why I was taught that Lin- 

 eata was a bird, and Celeus a moth, it is difficult to under- 

 stand, for they appear very similar when poising before 

 flowers. They visit the same blooms, and vary but little 

 in size. The distinction that must have made the differ- 

 ence was that while Lineata kept company with the hum- 

 mingbirds and fed all day, Celeus came forth at dusk, and 

 flew in the evening and at night. But that did not con^ 



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