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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
but is rarely, if ever, to be found in such abundance as the preceding 
species, and its time of appearance is later, usually about the middle 
of July. The insect, though timid, is not a rapid flyer, and seems to 
be somewhat gregarious in its habits, for, where one is seen, a num¬ 
ber may often be started from the trees and bushes in its immediate 
vicinity. 
The saying that “ one sees what he is looking for ” was never 
better exemplified than with reference to the collecting of many of 
our butterflies and moths, and the shy and retiring species under 
consideration is a good example. Were one not diligently looking 
for the insect, and acquainted with the kind of locality in which it is 
Neonymplia cantlius. Male. Under side. 
usually found, lie would probably never dream of its existence unless 
by accident he ran across a colony. These butterflies seldom stray 
far from where they emerge from the chrysalis, and on account of 
