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weeks or even many months before they make 

 their appearance. 



I noticed that many of the pupae moved 

 about in the cocoon soon before emerging, 

 making rather a loud noise. My attention was 

 especially drawn to a pupa of Argema mimosa, 

 a lovely large green moth with long tail, which 

 at intervals made a very loud noise, as if rapidly 

 turning round and round in its lovely silvery 

 cocoon. This continued for three days, and then 

 all was still. I felt sure it had died in the effort 

 to escape, so after ten days carefully cut open 

 the cocoon, and found the curious almost round 

 pupa perfectly lively. I tied the cocoon up 

 ao-ciin with cotton, and after some months the 



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moth emerged, but with one wing slightly 

 deformed. The caterpillar of this moth is five 

 inches in length, bright green, with two conical 

 horn-like projections on each segment, tipped 

 with coarse black hair. 



Many of the moths have caterpillars like bits 

 of dry brown stick. One sober-coloured species 

 in particular (Achcea chameleon), with an infinite 



