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the grub has (laid its proper time in its narrow 

 lodgings, without any nourifhmenr, it at lafl 

 appears, by its third change, in its true per- 

 fection and fplendor ; often enriched with the 

 moft glorious colours. This gives an excellent 

 hint, that the grave (hall not for ever hold our 

 bodies ; but that at laft, at the general refur- 

 reclion on the lad day, we fhaU be cloathed 

 With fplendour and glory. 



Larva Solani Indici. It is fmooth : together 

 with the head and tail, it is of the length of 

 a fpan, and of the thicknefs of an eagle's 

 quill. That articulation which contains the 

 head has a great black line on the fides : the 

 mouth is large : the antenna are thickeft at 

 bottom, white, with blackifh-brown tops, and 

 two black rings. The three pair of fore legs 

 are black, have claws, are dotted with white, 

 and are placed at the firfl, fecond, and third 

 articulation, beginning at the head. The five 

 pair of hind feet are fattened to the feventh, 

 eighth, ninth, tenth, and tail articulation; they 

 are fhorter, truncated, green, and have as it 

 were {hort bridles at their extremities; the 

 fourth, fifth, and fixth articulations have no 

 feet. The body is green below : the fides 

 have nine black fpots : the equilateral triangles 



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