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Show II. II. Hll.. That Hath.. Ills commonly thought that A butter- I fly dreads the water a. it fine Ivly drtn Is rain, but evidently this Is not Iran In Australia. The case of an Australian bolterflr deliberately entering the watir to tike a ImHi Is records I by M 0 l.yell, Jr Heeawltnllgtit clou to the waler. Into which it backed until Hit whole of the t-ody and the lower rt ol the hind legs were submerged, tho two forelegs alone retaining their hold on the dry laud After remaining In this position fur something like half n lulu 1 nto it flew rtwny apmrcntly refreshed. .Mr l.yell says ' Iltliingtlioinonilng I noticed a number doing the samo thing In i ne Instance no lose than f ur j were to bo seen within n suoo of m t more than three yards, and, to make sure th it I wn-i not deceived, I ca tun 1 several aa they rose from tlie water, an I found In each caro tho body nnd lower e-dge of the hind wings quite wet. hllj In the water the nattering of the wings, so untlceablj at other times, leas sut-pen sut-pen led and ao Intent wcro the but-tetiljes but-tetiljes in the enjoyment of the coll bath that they could hardly mere, oven when actually touched by the net. Apparently tho heat of the weather drove them down to the water, as Immediately Imme-diately un emerging they flew np gain to the htll.lde. Ilutlrrflles are often seen apparently sucking In the moisture aitund the edgo of the pools, Imt they hsvo never beforo been seen actually to cuter the water." Victoria Naturalist. |