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TROIMCAJ. WILD LIFE IX HRITISH GUIANA 



Xow comes the period of absolute quiet duriufj- which 

 time the insect receives its color, whicli appears first in the 

 eyes and gra(hially flows throughout the body and its ap- 

 pendages. The ])rocess retpiires some lifteen days. This is 

 followed by a six-day period before the perfect insect 

 emerges, to lay the cornerstone of a new generation. 



FIG. 134. COCOON OF WHITE- 

 FOOTED WASP, SHOWING ITS 

 ELABORATE CONSTRUCTION. 

 Slightly enlarged. 



