16 Beautiful Butterflies. 



Well, then, guided by this mysterious principle called 

 Instinct, the Butterfly affixes its eggs just where the 

 young Caterpillars, when they issue forth, are sure to 

 find plenty of suitable food ready for them. 



To the naked eye all Butterflies 5 eggs look round, 

 and pretty much alike, but by the following represen- 

 tation of those of six different species, magnified, you 

 will see that they are by no means so. You cannot 

 fail to be struck with the beautiful regularity of the 

 shapes and the markings. Do they not seem to say to 

 you— 



The hand that made us is Divine ! 



The term Caterpillar is supposed to be derived 

 from two old French words — acat, food or provision, 

 whence comes the term cates, sometimes used by 

 English authors ; and piller — to rob or plunder, the 

 origin of the word pillage. There is here an obvious 



