NATURAL HISTORY CALENDAR. 163 
When the Kalmia, Rhodora, and wild Cherries are in bloom, many 
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of Lycæna, Thecla, an rial At this time we have found the 
n 
July the butterfly rises from the cold mp bogs, where we have 
oftenest found it, clad in its rich dress. 
Later still, a hes the Lilac pions i and farther south the broad- 
eaved Kalmia, the gaily-colored H g Bird Moth (Sesia), visits 
the flowers in company with the ipaa Butterfly (Papilio Tur- 
nus). At twilight, Ba Hawk-moth, Sphinx, darts noiselessly throug 
our gardens, as soon as the Honeysuckles and Pinks and Lilies are in 
blossom. 
Among the Flies (Diptera), Te now appear, kases they 
have not yet perhaps strayed far from their native swamps and fens; 
and their FA allies, the Daaiy oni gs pe abo rise from the 
fields and mould of our gardens in great numbers. 
Of the each (Coleoptera), a which eat on leayes now become 
SPRAY active. The riasa Beetle ein Fig. 3. 
ow attacks the Squash 
which fill the air and enliven the fields and woodlands , just as summer 
Comes in, that a bare enumeration of them would overcrowd our 
a og tire the reader. 
A word, however, sions our Water Insects. Late in the month the 
May ty (Boheme era) appears, often rising, in immense numbers, from 
the surfac f pools and sluggish brooks. In Europe, whole clouds 
of these cies forms, with their thin white wings, have been known 
i fall like snow upon the ground, when the peasants gather them up 
n heaps to enrich their gardens and farms. 
Case Worms, or Caddis Flies, begin now to leave their portable 
houses, formed of pieces of leaves, or sticks and fine gravel, and fly 
oo T. resting on the overhanging hi 
usy Mosquito Hawks, or Dragon es (Libellula), herald _— 
oming of the summer brood of these adipem friends of the 
Agriculturist, uring their whole life below the waters, these entomo- 
