Beautiful Butterflies: Described and Illustrated with the History of a Butterfly Through All Its Changes and Transformations; and an Explanation of the Scientific Terms Used by Naturalists in Reference Thereto |
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15 Wood Engravings APILIO appearance Argynnis August beautiful BIRDS blue body British Butterflies brown Brown Hairstreak called Caterpillar chrysalis cloth gilt Comma Butterfly common creatures Crown 8vo described elegant elegantly bound ENGLISH NAME entomologist Entomology eyes feeds FERNS flies flowers fluttering Foolscap 8vo Fritillary genus GIFT BOOKS Glanville Fritillary green GROOMBRIDGE & SONS hairs Hairstreak hairy heaths HEIR OF REDCLYFFE Hesperia Hipparchia Illustrated with 15 inches insect July to September June larva Latin legs Lepidoptera List of British London marked meadows means Melitoa Moths naturalists nettle numerous Wood Engravings orange outer Painted Lady pair Paternoster Row Pearl-bordered Fritillary PLACES OF RESORT PLATE VI.-FIG Plates and numerous poet Polyommatus Pontia pupa Purple Emperor readers Red Admiral reddish rich SCIENTIFIC NAME Scotch Argus shape side silken sometimes species specimen spots STORIES sunshine Swallow-tail THOMAS HOOD upper Vanessa veins Weaver's Fritillary word yellow young
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Page 54 - While o'er th' enfeebling lute his hand he flung, And to the trembling chords these tempting verses sung: 'Behold, ye pilgrims of this earth, behold! See all but man with unearned pleasure gay ! See her bright robes the butterfly unfold, Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of May. What youthful bride can equal her array? Who can with her for easy pleasure vie?
Page 3 - Lo.! the bright train their radiant wings unfold, With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold. On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, They, idly fluttering, live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their age, and sunshine all their day.
Page 54 - Hov'ring around those opening flowers, Happy as nature's child should be, Born to enjoy her loveliest bowers. And I have gazed upon thy flight, Till feelings I can scarce define, Awakened by so fair a sight, With desultory thoughts combine Beautiful Butterflies.
Page 13 - mid the roses lay, She saw a wearied man dismount From his hot steed, and on the brink Of a small imaret's rustic fount Impatient fling him down to drink.
Page 7 - Insects, which in their several changes belong to several of the before-mentioned divisions, may be considered together as one great tribe of animals. They are called insects, from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are, as it were, cut into two parts, which are joined together by a small ligature; as we see in wasps, common flies, and the like.