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picable worm, and prepare its food even 

 before it is born. 



After depositing the eggs, the butter- 

 flies amuse themselves for some time 

 among the flowers, and soon after they 

 die, mostly in the same year in which 

 they were hatched, except the season is 

 late, in which case they hide themselves 

 in the hollow bark of trees, or in other 

 places, where they remain for the winter, 

 and appear again in the next spring. 



