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TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



Now comes the period of absolute quiet during which 

 time the insect receives its color, which appears first in the 

 eyes and gradually flows throughout the body and its ap- 

 pendages. The process requires some fifteen days. This is 

 followed by a six-day period before the perfect insect 

 emerges, to lay the cornerstone of a new generation. 



Phiii<i iiii I'. <;. II. 

 FIG. 134. COCOON OF WHITE- 

 FOOTED WASP, SHOWING ITS 

 ELABORATE CONSTRUCTION. 

 Slightly enlarged. 



