. Our young folks [serial]. ect. Hold it very carefully in the net, while Maggie pours justone drop of ether on its head. How it draws back at first from the odorwhich is to be its death, but all in vain ; the large wings give one last, faintflutter, and the short, sunny life of the butterfly is over. There it lies stilland quiet in your hand. Now fasten it in your box, and arrange the wingsbefore they grow stiff and brittle. What a great, handsome fellow it is !Measure its wings ; they expand nearly four inches. The wings and bodyare both black. On the body are two rows of yellow dots, and th
. Our young folks [serial]. ect. Hold it very carefully in the net, while Maggie pours justone drop of ether on its head. How it draws back at first from the odorwhich is to be its death, but all in vain ; the large wings give one last, faintflutter, and the short, sunny life of the butterfly is over. There it lies stilland quiet in your hand. Now fasten it in your box, and arrange the wingsbefore they grow stiff and brittle. What a great, handsome fellow it is !Measure its wings ; they expand nearly four inches. The wings and bodyare both black. On the body are two rows of yellow dots, and the front wingshave two rows of yellow spots on the margin. Each of the hind wings has a 474 Midsummer Btitterflies. [August, little tail, and is marked with two bands of yellow, between which are sevenbright blue spots. Just at the hind angle of the wing is an orange spot with ablack dot in the centre. This large, handsome butterfly is called PapilioAsterias. Here is a picture of it, so that you will know just how it looks.*. You will find it flying about in July and the early part of August, generallyin or near some kitchen garden. There are several other large and very beautiful butterflies belonging tothis same species ; but we must not stop to talk about them here, for Tomand Maggie have already passed through the little garden gate, and are walk-ing slowly along the road. We will join them, and when we reach that oldpair of bars we will climb over and sit down to rest under the elm-tree inthe meadow. There we can watch the haymakers at work. How pleasantit is here under the elm in the summer noon-time ! The haymakers aresitting down to rest under the trees at the farther end of the lot, and in thepasture near by the cattle are all lying down in the shade, throwing theirtails about now and then, or sleepily whisking an ear to drive away the teas-ing little flies which always torment them on a hot summer day. The wholeair is fragrant with the new-mown hay, which lies all abou
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