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THE LIFE OF AN INSECT. 



sented. Some of these are of a large size, as 

 large as a moderate-sized pear ; others are smaller, 

 and these present the most beautifully regular ap- 

 pearance, consisting of a number of very small 



Australian Lai va- cases. 



rods, bound together in a cylindrical form, like 

 the fasces of the Roman soldiery. 



In this manner Iarva3 pass through the winter. 

 Without a doubt many perish ; but there remain 

 infinite numbers at the end of this season, which, 

 from the depths of their cells, become sensible 

 to the influence of spring, so soon as the first 

 footsteps of that season are felt upon the earth. 



