THE BUTTERFLY. 157 



them are most beautifully formed and sculptured like an- 

 tique vases and caskets (Figs. 131-134). One is shaped 

 like the seed-box of the poppy, and others look like 



Fig. 131. Fig. 134. 



Eggs of Butterfly. 



some of the lovely jewel-boxes in the " Green Vaults " 

 at Dresden. So the sculptor might learn how to mould 

 his clay into beautiful forms by taking the eggs of the 

 butterfly for his models. Another curious thing about 

 the eggs is, that the butterfly lays them upon the leaves 

 which the caterpillar likes best. She does not eat the 

 same food herself ; then, how does she know what the 

 caterpillar likes ? She does not live to see him eat, for 

 she usually dies before he is born. How does she 

 know? Does she remember when she was a cater- 

 pillar? I am sure I cannot tell; at all events, the 

 butterfly must be a good botanist, as she can so readily 

 tell one plant from another. When two plants, almost 

 exactly alike to the eye, stand side by side, she will 



