British Butterflies: Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species

Occasionally a missive arrives from some benevolent friend, announcing the capture of a "splendid butterfly," which, imprisoned under a tumbler, awaits one's acceptance as an ad...

We now arrive at the last stage, the consummation of all this strange series of transformations; for veritable transformations they are to all intents and purposes; though some...

Among the _negative_ attributes of butterflies, I may state positively, that _no butterfly whatever can either sting or bite in the least degree_; and from their total harmlessn...

This is a question often less difficult to answer in words than in action, for many of our butterflies are gifted not only with strong prejudices against the inside of a net, bu...

Having complied with the old adage, "First catch your hare," the next point naturally is--how to cook it. So, having caught our butterfly, what are we to do with him?--a questio...

There is no possibility of mistaking this noble insect for any other of our native species, after a glance at its portrait. Its superior size, conjoined with the possession of a...

The _caterpillar_ is tawny-coloured; but the back, for about the hinder half its length, is whitish; head black. The body is armed with short spines, and there are two ear-like...