MOULTING OF CATERPILLARS. 



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removed a short time before it would be naturally 

 cast, these tufts may be seen in a moist state, very 

 similar to small wetted camel's-hair pencils, lying 



Moulting of caterpillars, a a, caterpillar magnified; 6 b, 

 the same when it has just cast its skin, the hairs still moist; 

 c, the same, natural size; d e f g. tufts of its hairs magnified; 

 h, leg and foot magnified ; t, the caterpillar wedging through the 

 old bkin ; ft k, hairy caterxiillav of the hycamore. 



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