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Fig. 200. 

 Anar Calerpillar. {Magnijied iifice.) 



The Anar Caterpillar.^ 



The cultivator o£ the pomegi-anatc [una/-) is familiar willi the i'aet 



that a i)ruportioii of the 



fruit is destroyed by this 



pest ; in a bad season the 



proportion is very hig-h ; in 



normal seasons small. At 



the time of the blossoming- 



of the fruit tree, the female 



butterfly deposits the eggs 



sing-ly on the flowers. The 



caterpillar hatches and bores into the developing fruit, within which 



it lives. The food con- 

 sists of the hard seeds of 

 the fruit. The larva is of 

 a dark colour, with short 

 hairs and lighter patches 

 of colour j the hind elid 

 is flattened above, form^ 

 ing a shield with which 

 the caterpillar is said to 



close the hole it makes in the rind of the fruit. When full fed, the 



caterpillar comes out of 



the fruit and webs silk 



over the base of the fruit 



and some part of the 



stalk j it then re-enters 



the fruit and turns to 



the chrysalis. Appar- 

 ently the webbing" over 



the stalk is to prevent 



the fruit from falling 



to the ground ; the 



behaviour of the cater- 

 pillar in anticipating- 



this is an extraordinary 



instance of instinct, 



which almost amounts 



Fig. 201. 

 Avar CafeiyiUar. {Mafjnified twice.) 



Fig. 202. 

 T?ie Anar Caterpillar. 



(Enlarged.) 



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