. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. GENE HA L CHABA CTERS ours. A boy is often easily surprised bv a playmate who him stealthily from behind, but did you ever try the same game with a butterfly ? I have, many a time. After getting cautiously so near to a butterfly at rest as to be able to distinguish between its head and its hinder extremity, I have quietly circled round it so as to approach it from behind, being at the time under the impres- sion that it wouldn't see me under those circumstances. But not the slightest advantage did I derive fr
. Butterflies and moths (British). Butterflies; Insects -- Great Britain. GENE HA L CHABA CTERS ours. A boy is often easily surprised bv a playmate who him stealthily from behind, but did you ever try the same game with a butterfly ? I have, many a time. After getting cautiously so near to a butterfly at rest as to be able to distinguish between its head and its hinder extremity, I have quietly circled round it so as to approach it from behind, being at the time under the impres- sion that it wouldn't see me under those circumstances. But not the slightest advantage did I derive from this stratagem, for the position and construction of its eyes enabled it to see almost all ways at once. In addition to the two compound eyes, the Lcpidoptera, or at least most of them, are provided with two small simple eyes ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Furneaux, William S. London, New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Longmans, Green, and Co.
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