50 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
inclosed, butterflies generally appear in 
eight days after they have changed. 
Lucy. But, mamma, I thought moths 
and butterflies were the same thing ; that 
is, the same kind of insect. 
Mother. In several respects they re- 
semble each other; but in others they 
are very different. Butterflies delight in 
sunshine, and fly only during the day, 
fluttering over the flowers from which 
they sip the honey. Moths, on the con- 
trary, take wing after sunset, and fly 
till sunrise, when, like the owl, they re- 
tire into the shade, and rest during the 
day. 
Lucy, Are the pupas of all butterflies 
and moths like this brown one in the 
box ? 
Mother. No, they are of many dif- 
ferent shapes, and of various colours. 
Those of butterflies are all more or less 
angular^ like this, w^hich you see, drawn 
here. (Plate I ) 
Lucy, Oh ! that is the dear little 
house butterfly ; what a pretty chrysalis 
