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within their choice, being usually found on an expos- 

 ed currant branch, or under the upper cross-bar of a 

 paling. We observed one, during several months of 

 the winter of 1828-9, stationary under the lintel of a 

 door, where a continual current of air must have ren- 

 dered it exceedingly cold. We have endeavoured to 

 rouse some of these from their semi-torpidity by keep- 

 ing them in a warm room; but though they would 

 make a few lethargic and unwilling movements, none 

 of them would eat, and the change always proved 

 fatal.* 



We might be led from this instance to conclude 

 that caterpillars, not covered with hair, become tor- 

 pid during winter; but such general conclusions from 



o, Young caterpillar of the drinker. 6, the same full grown. 

 c, smooth "caterpillar of the angle shades. J, the moth of the 



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