SHAGGY-COATED LARVJE. 



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winter, or rather, just previous to it, and the 

 fact that animals destined to inhabit the arctic 

 regions are enveloped in coats of the shaggiest 

 hair, arc well known to every person. There can 

 be no doubt, that in many instances in the insect 

 world, where a larva has to be exposed to the 

 frosts of winter, the same provision of a hairy 

 covering, which has been given to them by the 



Shaggy-coated Larva. 



Creator, is intended to meet the same end, and 

 to preserve their soft and tender bodies from the 

 destructive influence of extreme cold. The fol- 



