Show I SHOOTING BUTTERFLIES A striking photograph of what is believed be be- I cd to be the thc largest butterfly butterfly in inthe in inthe the world the is given riven in tho May Wide World rn mag mag- g azine This butterfly is found only oDly in British New Guinea and specimens are arc worth anything from a a. hundred dollars upwards Tho The male maJe measures s si eight i ht inches across tho the win wings and tho the female no less than eleven inches a inches a win wing spread spread exceeding that of ot many small birds The gigantic butterfly isa isa is isa a curious on one A naturalist saw faw a specimen perched on ou the top ot of-i of and failing to capture it by any any means finally shot it From Om thi th ments menh ho decided that the sped entirely unknown to science a 1 forthwith fitted out ont an cX n a cost of many thol thousands Dds of ot doll doU go o in search Harch of the tho Insects Two Twe hers o of the party Darty fell victims t Papuan cannibals and na another wa ws rescued in the nick of time timo 8 this inauspicious commencement enterprise however th the natural severed a and nel ultima succeeded taming perfect specimens ns i |