. A natural history of birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects . THE BUTTERFLY AND MOTH. 175 fishes, as their imaginations were disposed to catch the resem-blance. In fact, if we regard the wing of a butterfly with a goodmicroscope, we shall perceive it studded over with a variety oflittle grains of different dimensions and forms, generally supported upon a foot-stalk, regularly laid upon the whole can exceed the beautiful and regular arrangement ofthese little substances, which thus serve to paint the butterflyswing, like the tiles of a house. Those of one rank are a littlecovere
. A natural history of birds, fishes, reptiles, and insects . THE BUTTERFLY AND MOTH. 175 fishes, as their imaginations were disposed to catch the resem-blance. In fact, if we regard the wing of a butterfly with a goodmicroscope, we shall perceive it studded over with a variety oflittle grains of different dimensions and forms, generally supported upon a foot-stalk, regularly laid upon the whole can exceed the beautiful and regular arrangement ofthese little substances, which thus serve to paint the butterflyswing, like the tiles of a house. Those of one rank are a littlecovered by those that follow; they are of many figures: on onepart of the wing may be seen a succession of oval studs, on an-other part a cluster of studs, each in the form of a heart; in oneplace they resemble a hand open, and in another they are longor triangular; while all are interspersed with taller studs, thatgrow between the rest, like mushrooms upon a stalk. The wingitself is composed of several thick nerves, which render the con-struction very strong, th
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