The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-20
BUTTERFLY FARMING.
Artificial Hatching of tho Creature OF
sunshine and MoonbeaMs.

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Art,ac,al Hatchins OF Creature Of
sunshine and Moonbeams.
Whoever ia looking fe-a delicate an
elegant oooupatioS IL recommended 10 a.
tend to this news Of The provision OF IN OPP
p~ortnnity. They are raising batssrhiss IN
London; and with fewer dihicalsiss shan
are encountered out vast IN ostrich farm
iuu. or at Hamburg In tiger , ssdinG. 10
IA the rsalization of = piece OF romance
which was sonsidsred extravaRane and
POSSIBLE when first saeGestsd by sh.s aifv
hs,oine In Bulwsr Lytton's tale, who In
dnloed such nioc. hne fencies NJ ksspinR
M, butte flies in = eses. and breaking he'
h.a,A over and over AZ each one foloeo 10
Qosaamer wings and died. -
Butterfies are short lived creatures. How
they are rear cd from Rrubs 70 a q !endia
a~sy.,opment, and then pass "by a kind Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from the catalogue of the
living 20 that Of dead specimsna" il the
T,ordon geological QardenA, 10 thus de-
scribed BY a writer in the Spectator:
"Ihe elass cases, filed with damp mose
md enrth, and adorned with portions or
trac trunks or plants suited to the habits
Of tho moths, are pcoplot by these exquis-
Ito and delicate creatures, az one a!ser an
ether separates itself from the chrysalis
case in which IL has been sleeping ell the
winter, and, lutterinR upwards with weak
and uncertain movements exposes lSs Iuil
hsanties TO tho light. Tn wings of the
isrosst kind, such 10 the great orange
hIown Atlas moth, are as wide ~ those
Of n missed thrush; and the great sixa OF
tb;s and other apecies increaGes tho strange
likeness to bird forms which 10 so marked.
even in the smaller English hawk moths.
The giant moths of the tropics. unlike ths
root nf tho insect world. have faces and
features not devoid of expression. Some
essmb,e birds. others cats. Some ave Gov
god with long, soft plunlage. like the
feathets of the ma about, or tho plumes OF
swans. Others are wrapped IN . siiky
mantle like an Angora kitten, or clothed IN
elmine and sAble5.
"Jn the Csropian silk motha. some five
or six of Which were pieening their feathery
wings on the lichen-covered bark OF an
ancient oak-trunk, the body seems thickly
wranned in feathers, and, like the wings.
is OF an exquisite mottled grey. the color OF
the natural wool of She Cashmere goa.
wings are boldly painted a rich red madder-
brown. III Indian moon-mo.h Is perhaps
the most delicate in colorlnR OF
ali. The wings. which would ieaca
from side to side of the paper
on which the present description is printed.
nre of the ralest green, She tint of The
sona-marjne, The uniform faint color Is
only broken by q few crescent spots OF a
darker tint. But the whols of the front
sdge of the wing is bound in velvet, of the
color of dark red wine. The boay Is
wrapped in thick and downy feathers OF the
nursst white, from which the soft legs and
ffaet emerge. stained to match the olaret
edoine of the wing. Across the head ma
living hack against the dark shoulders. are
the fern-shaped antenne of pale green. .
"Thus, this lovely creature assesses bnt
three huss-pale green. clsret color anu
white; but these are so graded ana dis
:, 80 - - modified NV tina NOn-
trasted beauty of the texture OF the ssIal-
transparent wing, the thick and doWny
Iody. and the delicate flesh-like legs, that
the creature seems rather the reailzatlon
/. of some painters dream than one among
hrrd eds of silk-producin2 insects. we
once heard the eene.ie oliierencs between
angels and fairies stated with all the Ger
xninty which was due to the youth OF tie
sneaker: Angels have birds wings, and
fairies have butterflies wings, of cou Sc!
was the indignant answer to the dltncuIsv
raised. Imps, too. have bats wings. But
the wings OF the moth have not yes Deer
appropriated to the human embodiment OF
the unseen dsniZ,ns of the air. There is Q
~softncss and reserve of oolorlng. and ar
uncertainty of outline in the moths wing
which mark 1t at once as something dlstinc'
from the sharply cut, and britIlantlv COZ
ored forms of their butterfly relations"
in their scheme of COLOR the write
continues, .'the butterflies are to the moth
what the fabrics of Europe are TO the web
Of Cashmere or the carpets of DaEhestan
A score of the lovely s~wallow-taiied butter
flies futter in their cage. Ihs bottom o
their glass mansion is covered with shor
pieces of osier- stick, each one OF which j
pierced up the center with q tunnel. at tn
end of which lies the pupa OF tina
strange instance of p elective MIN
icry. the hornet cleal-wing. Anothe
case is full of the scarce pal
variety of the swallow.tail. and
third of the American gwallow-tai, the fe
male of which is black. spangled with wha
seems a shining dust Of sapphires. But pei
hnps the most beautiful of all the buttertl
b GODS 10 the swarm of Papilio Creaphontes
The case lie full OF these lovely bu'tertlie:
black above, with beaded spots OF tai
yellow; yellow below. with beaded lines Q
black. Some were flying from side to sid
of the cage. some had glightcd. or were i
tho act of nlighting, and cthefs on the mos
at the bottom were slipping the juices O
ripe grapes"
This is like n fairy vieion. That IL Is
fact surely be.okens the presence still o
''the desire of beauty" the impulse TO
tnat desire be wholly unitarian. Once tn
tender practice of breeding butterflies gee
beyond the scientific circle, it may tend t
abate several KINDS of pet nuisancos, sue
rs bald canGries that never sing, an
brindle cats that do. Let free in garden
and conseryato'iea. what m access of liz
and color theee bright C eatures would bring
Story writer's would have at their hand a
additional and singular.y charming concon
liant TO conservatory love scenes. You'll
love, flowers and butterties-given sue
ingredients anybody could compound
pretty episode.
narant rOE.rnvary In TcaI1nd