AND THE CHILDREN. 
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Section 2. 
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 
(1.) Butterflies. 
In onr rambles in the last section we watched espe¬ 
cially those insects belonging to the great and intelligent 
bee family,—the Hymenoptera. On our travels in this 
section we shall take especial notice of those beautiful 
insects that you probably have uselessly chased a good 
many times, the Butterflies and Moths. 
It is the month of June, late spring, when Nature 
is most beautiful. Let us go forth again “under the open 
sky and list to Nature’s teachings.” 
We are In the clover field. At once, our eyes fall 
upon a living creature that is making its way, as it appears, 
toward the cabbage-patch. A worm about two inches 
long, all covered with hair of a dull green color, with six 
feet near its head, and six other little things like feet near 
its posterior end, is hying with all its might through the 
grass. 
Well, now, he can move quite fast, can’t he? He is 
not a snail; he moves too fast for that. You have heard 
and spoken his name so often that I hardly need tell you 
it is a caterpillar. 
This caterpillar, like every other caterpillar, is 
always hungry, always looking for something to eat. You 
