2*2 nU'lTEItFLY COLLECTOR'S 



pillars sonio leaves of (lie different plants on which they 

 were found ; and also to carry home a good snpply. Tliey 

 shonid he removed as soon as possible with fi'esh food to the 

 breeding cage. 



The Anrelianist who wishes to secure lino specimens of 

 Butterflies for his cabinet, shonid procure them either in the 

 larva or pupa state ; and if in the former condition, they must 

 be fed on their natural vegetable diet, till they have attained 

 their full size, and are changed into the pupa, when they 

 must be careinlly kept till they assume tlie imago or perfect 

 state; as they are generally more or less injured when 

 canght flying: many species, however, are only to he 

 obtained in their winged state ; their caterpillars or chry- 

 snliilcs being unknown. A simple and successful method 

 will ofi;en bring down Butterflies in their most ra])id flight ; 

 viz. by tliromng up a stone or piece of tile before them, 

 which they will often fly down with and alight on the ground, 

 and are then easily captured. Some species, although often 

 disturbed, will visit the same blossom many times, and thus 

 by watching their haunts may be taken witliont much 

 fatigue. At an early hour in the morning, and before sun- 

 set, many will be found on the flowers at the skii-ts of woods 

 and in mar.shes. 



It Ls useless to go ont to collect Butterflies if the weather 

 be cold or windy, as, at such times, they conceal themselve.'?. 

 A warm, damp air, such as succeeds a gentle shower of rain, 

 is what they prefer, when they fly near the earth to enjoy 

 the humidity whicli arises irom the ground. In hot and dry 

 days. Butterflies may usually he .seen settled in great num- 

 bers on the nrad of ditches ; from this it may 1)0 infen-ed, 

 tliat heat, united with moistiu-e, is most ajfreeable to their 

 nature. Ponlia JBrassica;, the large wliite cabbage Butterfly, 



