. Harper's young people . air. When the moth firstcrawls forth its wings arefolded around its body, andit looks like a worm. Ittakes several hours for thewings to open and becomesoft and velvety. If youare successful in getting agood collection of chrysa-lides, place them on a shelfwhere thev will not be dis- Many of the Arctians, or woolly bears, are pretty are called woolly bears because the caterpillars arecovered with hair. The black and tan-red caterpillarwhich rolls itself into a little ball when touched is one ofthe woolly bears. Its moth is dull yellow spotted withblack. One
. Harper's young people . air. When the moth firstcrawls forth its wings arefolded around its body, andit looks like a worm. Ittakes several hours for thewings to open and becomesoft and velvety. If youare successful in getting agood collection of chrysa-lides, place them on a shelfwhere thev will not be dis- Many of the Arctians, or woolly bears, are pretty are called woolly bears because the caterpillars arecovered with hair. The black and tan-red caterpillarwhich rolls itself into a little ball when touched is one ofthe woolly bears. Its moth is dull yellow spotted withblack. One of the prettiest of the woolly-bear moths isthe Arcf/ir derm. You will find it more difficult to classify and namemoths than butterflies, because there are so many varietieswhich vary very little in appearance. Make your collection as large and perfect as possible,and if you can examine your specimens through a goodmicroscope you will admire more than ever before thewonderful delicacy and perfection of natures turbed, and cover themwith wire covers or bas-kets of fine wicker-work. Watch them carefully, otherwise the moth may come outand die, and become so dry before it is found that it willcrumble if you try to arrange it in your collection. Nearly all of the small gray millers which flutteraround the evening lamp belong to the Phala?na little insects are not very pretty, but sometimes youwill find one among them with beautifully colored Deiopeia bella, which flies all through the summer,is a very pretty little creature. It expands only one inchand a half. Its fore-wings are yellow, marked with whitebands and black dots, and the hind-wings are scarlet, bor-dered with black. HE PINCHED JUST AS HARD AS HE COULD PINCH. AN ACCIDENT. BY JIMMY BROWN. AUNT ELIZA never comes to our house without gettingme into difficulties. I dont really think she meansto do it, but it gets itself done just the same. She was atour house last week, and though I meant
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