The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-09
VARIETIES OF BUTTERFLIES.

Largest Private Collection in America
 Numbers 27.5O0-owned in St Louis.
 A St. Louis man. Frank Schwatz has the largest and finest private collection lJo6tf Of moths, Uutternieg ana insects in the United States.
 The foundation of MT Schwatz's great collection of insects was laid nearly forty-seven years ago, when his father native of Switzerland com- menced collecting the rare specimens of insect life among the Alps. When MT. schwarz was only a boy he took great interest in the collection of in- sects and the study of them from a scientific standpoint. He is to-day l still collecting rare specimens and add ing to his collection whenever opportu- nifty presents.
 | The collection at the present time consists of about 27,50O varieties gath cred from the four winds of the earth From the Apollo of the Swiss, Alps to the Morpho cypris, the beautiful phos- phorscent green and blue butterfly of the Amazon River district of tropical Brazil, there are but few species not represented.
 Among the collections are many strange and curious freaks of nature, chiefly as regards the colorings and markings on the wings and backs of the moths and butterflies. Perhaps the most peculiar freak in this line is noted in the great moth scientifically known as ba,trao, a navive of old Mexico. This moth has been called the owlhead moth. for the reason that the markings on the wings and body so much re- sem5le the head of a great horned owl that they are often mistaken for them when seen c'inging to the bark of trees. The head is not apparent until the moth is turned head downmoth is turned htad downward, when the two great spots on the wings and the laik markings close to the body form j per feet picture Of the owl head, nor Is this all. Collectors claim that as soon as this moth alights on the bark of tree it immediately reverses and rests head downward.
 Another of these is the snake head moth. This is one of the largest of the moth family, one being 9 inches from tip to tip of wings. By covering the moth with the hand, allowing just the tip of the wing to protrude the likeness displayed to the snakes head is start. ling.
 Another is the death head' moth This one is a native of European coun. tries and bears on it's back an almost perfect picture of the death head. It i. very rare moth and is considered ar ill omen among the illeterate of tht countries where it is found.
 ''The Apollo" of the Swiss Alps is ot more or less interest to Americans or account of it's striking likeness to ( butterfly found in this country. The Apollo is found only among the Alps of Switzerland, but there is a butte: fy found among the Rocky Mountainas only in Utah, known as "the Schman tus," which is like the Swiss, excep in size. In form, habits and colorinf they are identical.
 Another very beautiful butterfly tha MT. Schwartz prizes highly is a larg, black and red insect from the Philip pines. This specimen is known a! "Pah. aristoteles," and while it is quit common in the Philippine Islands it is, rare among collectors in this countr, at the present time.
 There are two public collections larg CT than that of MT. Schwartz. One O these, comprising nearly 35,0OO speci mems, is in the Smithsonian Institution and is said to be the most complete il the world, while that at Central Park in New York City, ranks second witt