Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . ^*4i:!w*v -> - S2*:^ A Cloud of Butterflies The home of the painted lady butterfly is i,> Africa, but it appears to thme so exceedingly well that there is too little .^^insufficient food, for its vast progenv. So enormous swarms leave home and v> various countries, «hir la> thur these visitors from abroad, the painted lady would be very rare as a British butterfly. 47 48 Marvels of Insect Photo by] [A. E. Butterfly. 1 ongc, Black-veined White One of our rarest butterflies as a British-bom I
Marvels of insect life ; a popular account of structure and habit . ^*4i:!w*v -> - S2*:^ A Cloud of Butterflies The home of the painted lady butterfly is i,> Africa, but it appears to thme so exceedingly well that there is too little .^^insufficient food, for its vast progenv. So enormous swarms leave home and v> various countries, «hir la> thur these visitors from abroad, the painted lady would be very rare as a British butterfly. 47 48 Marvels of Insect Photo by] [A. E. Butterfly. 1 ongc, Black-veined White One of our rarest butterflies as a British-bom Insect ; but our resident • i i i n • race is sometimes supplemented by visitors from abroad. The photograph OptCra. aCCOmpanieQ thc DUttertllC and a tine beetle flew on board. thc deck of the Beagle when she wasten miles out from the coast of SouthAmerica. Darwin says : Vastnumbers of butterflies, in bands orflocks of countless myriads, extendedas far as the eye could range. Evenbv the aid of a telescope it was notpossible to see a space free frombutterflies. The seamen cried out it was snowing butterflies, andsuch in fact was the species than one were there,but the main part belonged to a kindvery similar to, but not identicalwith, the common English cloudedyellow. 1 Some moths and hymen- shows an individual that has just emerged from the chrysalis condition,and is one-third larger than life size. The day had been fine and calm, and the one previous to it
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