. The American entomologist and botanist. VOL. 2 ST. LOUIS, MO., JULY AND AUGUST, 1870. NO. 9. ^iit0m0l00Tfal gepartmcnt. CII AULES V. \, Km r,) ]; , 221 N. Main St., St. , Mo. THE wiirrE-i,L\E[) morxiso iDtihji/iiU Hnruta. ). Tlio very fircjil (\ of Inniiaiiil liiibits (o111 round ain(>iig,«t llic liii\:i of our l)utlcrlIiLsanil motlis, lias nuicli to ilo witli tliu intcRst?which attaches to the study of these maskedforms. We arc moved to admiration and won-der as thoroughly to-day as In early l)oyhood,every time we eontemplatc tlial within eacli oft
. The American entomologist and botanist. VOL. 2 ST. LOUIS, MO., JULY AND AUGUST, 1870. NO. 9. ^iit0m0l00Tfal gepartmcnt. CII AULES V. \, Km r,) ]; , 221 N. Main St., St. , Mo. THE wiirrE-i,L\E[) morxiso iDtihji/iiU Hnruta. ). Tlio very fircjil (\ of Inniiaiiil liiibits (o111 round ain(>iig,«t llic liii\:i of our l)utlcrlIiLsanil motlis, lias nuicli to ilo witli tliu intcRst?which attaches to the study of these maskedforms. We arc moved to admiration and won-der as thoroughly to-day as In early l)oyhood,every time we eontemplatc tlial within eacli oftlicsc varied and fan-tastic caterpillars —t hesocreeping and grovclin;worms—is locked n\>the future butterfly, ormoth, which is destined,fairy-like, to tlit tlu-ouylitlic air on its ,so totally unlike its formerself. Verily tlie meta-morphoses of the loweranimals must prove anever-failing source of joy and felicity to those who have learned toopen the pages of the great Book of Nature! ISul, beyond the geiiei-al satistaclion ill studying these transient forms, therewill be found ample Ibod for the philosophiciiiiiid ill tlie larxal \ ariations to be met withinthe >aiiic >pciics. hi other parts of this prese
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