114 THE TUSSEH SILKWORM MOTH. 



these spots, with others of a smaller size scatterc 

 over the insect. They are furnished with eig] 

 pairs of legs. The pectoral or anterior three pa' 

 end in a single claw each. The abdominal fo- 

 pairs, are very thick, and truncated like the feet o. 

 an elephant. The caudal pair is similar to the* 

 abdominal. When the larvae approach near to their 

 full size, they are too heavy to crawl in search oi 

 their food with the back up, as is usual with most 

 caterpillars, but traverse suspended by the feet." 



The above cut represents the caterpillar the size 

 of nature, the day after that on which it emerged 

 from the egg, and the following shows its appear- 

 ance when full grown, but only half the size of life : 



"The CHRYSALIS. When the caterpillars are ready 

 to spin the cases in which they are to pass this 



