THE 



BUTTERFLY VIVARIUM; 



Olt, 



Mutt Jtonte: 



BEING AN ACCOUNT OF 



A NEW METHOD OF OBSERVING THE CURIOUS METAMORTTIOSES OF SOME 

 OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF OUR NATIVE INSECTS. 



COMPRISING ALSO 



A POPULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE HABITS AND INSTINCTS OF MANY 

 OF THE INSECTS OF THE VARIOUS CLASSES REFERRED TO ; WITH 

 SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL STUDY OF ENTO- 

 MOLOGY BY MEANS OF AN INSECT VIVARIUM. 



II. NOEL HUMPHREYS, 



AUTHOR OP "BRITISH MOTHS AND THEIR TRANM>OHMATIONS," " INSECT CHANGES, 

 "OCEAN GARDENS," ETC. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. 



LONDON: 

 WILLIAM LAY, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND. 



MDCCCLYIII. 



