. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . THEAWAKENING MUMMIES June joth HAT an odd dumb-show is goingon out here under the oak-treesin the woods! for almost any daynow, if our eyes are sharp enough,we may surprise some such quaintfamily party as this which is here pictured. Now an in-dividual with its brown head just protruding from theground, and here another half-way emerged and quietlysquirming in the opening of its tunnel, or, perhaps, hav-ing made its exit, lying quietly on the ground near farther beyond we may discover another whi
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . THEAWAKENING MUMMIES June joth HAT an odd dumb-show is goingon out here under the oak-treesin the woods! for almost any daynow, if our eyes are sharp enough,we may surprise some such quaintfamily party as this which is here pictured. Now an in-dividual with its brown head just protruding from theground, and here another half-way emerged and quietlysquirming in the opening of its tunnel, or, perhaps, hav-ing made its exit, lying quietly on the ground near farther beyond we may discover another whichseems to have yielded up the ghost, being entirely emp-ty and open at the summit — a mere dry shell. Whatdoes it all mean? A strange resurrection certainly! Let us search carefully among the herbage close by,for we may be sure that the beautiful moth which solately tenanted this uninviting dwelling is somewhereto be found. Its wings are semitransparent in textureand of an ochre-yellow color, speckled and banded withpurple, with a yellow spot in the centre of the upperpair, and wil
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