British Butterflies

What is the difference between a butterfly and a moth, and how am I to distinguish between them? is a question very often put to the student of insect life--the entomologist.

In the rearing of butterflies from eggs and in watching them all through their larval stages, we learn a great deal concerning their life and habits, and finally secure perfect...

THE SWALLOW-TAIL (_Papilio Machaon_), Plate I., Fig. 1.--I find, in Scotland, where I live, that the first question put by friends looking over one's insect treasures usually re...