A BUTTERFLY PAINT-BOX The Brimstone Butterfly 118 The Red Admiral 119 The Purple Emperor 120 The Clifden Blue 121 The Swallow Tail Butterfly 122 The Black Pepper Moth 123 The Silver-washed Fritillary 124 TWO WONDERFUL WASPS Spinipes' burrow opened up 128 Spinipes Bringing up a Grub 129 Spinipes Grub Feeding 131 Cocoon which Spinipes' Grubs make 132 The Little Beetle that Caterpillars turn into 133 Before and After the Thunderstorm 135 Crabro 136 Crabro Looking out of her hole 137 How the Cocoons Looked 138 One of the Crabro's Stores of Blue-Bottles 139 What the piece of Elm-bough looked like 140 One of the Cocoons of Crabro in Elm-bough 141 SPINIPES, THE SAND-WASP The Sand Cliff splits the Old Gravel-Pit in two 144 First the Wild Bees, Red King, Black Queen 146 Down Dropped a Red King 147 "In Sand, Ma'am, in Sand" 148 "Well, call me when it comes" 149 Spinipes commenced to Dig in Earnest 151 "Good Hunting, Sister!" said the Ophion Fly 153 The Rose Chafer 155 Out flew the Bees 157 Hour after Hour she Toiled 158 The Lowest Chamber of the Shaft now held a precious thing 159 A Flabby, Green, Blackheaded Grub 160 Twelve Grubs in all she brought 163 She Sank five other Curving Shafts 167 PICTURES ON BUTTER-FLIES' WINGS The Magpie Moth 171 The Emperor Moth 173 The Elephant Hawk Moth's Caterpillar 174 The Elephant Hawk Moth showing his Trunk 175 The Peacock Butterfly 176 The Mother Shipton Moth 177