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gold : hence the Roman name aurelite, and the Greek 

 term chrysalides. These terms have now been con- 

 verted into English words, and, more general in their 

 application, signify all pupae, whether gilded or not. 

 For general convenience, chrysalises may be divided 

 into two great classes ; namely, those devoid of 

 angular projections, and those with such projections. 

 Each of these present a variety of forms, and possess 

 peculiar characters. 



The first, or angular pupse, are confined to Butter- 

 flies ; in some of which the head projects into one 

 short conical protuberance, as in the chrysalis of the 

 common Cabbage Butterfly, and others to which it is 

 allied; others project into a horn; in a third, the 

 head is armed with conical eminences ; some have 

 nasiform prominences. 



The second, or conical, include the nocturnal 

 lepidoptera, such as Moths, &c. They are without 

 protuberances, and subject to less variety of form. 

 Exceptions, however, present themselves in the Goat 

 Moth, and Orange-tip Butterfly : the former having 

 two points on the head, while the latter is dis- 

 tinguished by a fusiform process from the head and 

 tail. 



