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toi 111 and outer structure shews already 

 what is concealed in the inside. The 

 head and shield is depressed towards the 

 belly. The legs, horns, and wings are 

 observable, half of the feet are covered 

 by the wings. On the hinder part of the 

 body are dark spots on the last seg- 

 ment, a part which is bent backwards 

 towards the back, in which the tail is 

 concealed. On being touched it shews 

 a good deal of motion, and is able to turn 

 itself. In the month of January, or at 

 farthest February, the chafer comes out 

 of this pupa, it is quite soft, and of a 

 whitish-yellow colour, and in ten or 

 twelve days it acquires its due hard- 

 ness and colour, but it still keeps under 

 ground for three or four months longer; 

 this has made some people believe that 

 the chafer goes into the earth and comes 

 out again every year. 



After, therefore, the insect has been 

 in the state of a worm for fbiu' years, 

 and for the most part of this time has 

 been under ground, it appears in the 

 month of May, (or according as the 

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