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Front coverTHE BUTTERFLY BOOK
SPRING BUTTERFLIES.Pyrameis Cardui, Linn., (The Painted Lady); 2. P. Huntera, Fabr., ♂ (Hunter's Butterfly); 3. Grapta Interrogationis, Fabr., ♂ (The QuestionSign); 4. Colias Philodice, Godt., ♂; 5. Do., ♁ (The Clouded Sulphur); 6. Vanessa Antiopa, Linn., ♁ (The Mourning Cloak).COPYRIGHTED BY W.J. HOLLAND, 1898THE BUTTERFLY BOOK
A POPULAR GUIDE TO A KNOWLEDGEOF THE BUTTERFLIES OFNORTH AMERICA
BY
W.J. HOLLAND, PH.D., D.D., LL.D.
CHANCELLOR OF THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA; DIRECTOR OF THECARNEGIE MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PA.; FELLOW OF THE ZOöLOGICAL AND ENTOMOLOGICALSOCIETIES OF LONDON; MEMBER OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF FRANCE,ETC., ETC.
WITH 48 PLATES IN COLOR-PHOTOGRAPHY, REPRODUCTIONSOF BUTTERFLIES IN THE AUTHOR'S COLLECTION,AND MANY TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS PRESENTINGMOST OF THE SPECIES FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES
Garden City New YorkDOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY1922
Copyright, 1898,By W.J. HOLLAND.PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATESATTHE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.
TO MY GOOD WIFEAND MY TWO BONNY BOYS,THE COMPANIONS OF MY LEISURE HOURSAND MY VACATION RAMBLES,I DEDICATE THIS BOOK,WITHOUT ASKING THEIR PERMISSION
PREFACE
At some time or other in the life of every healthy young personthere appears to be developed what has been styled"the collecting mania." Whether this tendency is due to thenatural acquisitiveness of the human race, to an innate appreciationof the beautiful and the curious, or to the development of aninstinct such as is possessed by the bower-bird, the magpie, andthe crow, which have the curious habit of gathering together andstoring away trifles which are bright and attractive to the eye, Ileave to students of the mind to decide. The fa