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our boasted wisdom, we know nothing. There are very many 
species : the one you found is^ I believe, produced on a spe- 
cies of Rubus (I think, the common raspberry). Another 
kind, very common, swells out the stem of a species of Soli- 
dago, Golden-rod, which is very abundant, into a round 
ball, spreading equally on all sides. 
C — I have taken two new moths lately, and three new 
butterflies have made their appearance since our last walk ; 
the first of which is the beautiful Tiger Swallow-tail ( Pa- 
pilio Titrnus ). This large and handsome butterfly is very 
TIGER SWALLOWTAIL. 
Papilio Turnus, 
wild and difficult of capture ; at least so I have found the 
specimens which I have seen, which are only two : I pur- 
sued them both, but succeeded in catching neither. 
F, — They will be more familiar presently ; or at least 
will be much more abundant, so that you will be able to 
