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124. forwards, or to difcover any progrcfs which 

 TEXTHREDO was made, I began to fear that the leaf was 

 THETURNEP too tou gh for the % to difengage itfelf: I 

 therefore, yeflerday morning, wetted it with 

 dew, and fet it in the fun ; but in the even- 

 ing, perceiving no appearance of life, I cut the 

 chryfalis from the box, and found the animal 

 perfectly alive : not in the ftate of a fly, but 

 to all appearance in the very ftate in which it 

 1/id itfelf up. The part of the leaf which 

 lay between its body and the bottom of the 

 box was converted into a fine tranfparent lami- 

 na, and fo faft glued to the box that I was 

 obliged to feparate them with the edge of a 

 knife; or rather, to cut off the chryfalis coat 

 clofe to the box (with which the chryfaline 

 matter fcems to be incorporated), making a 

 hole in the bottom of the coat. Replaced it 

 as nearly as I could in the pofition I had taken 

 it from. 



This morning, I find, it has got its tail out 

 of the coat, and has given me a full oppor- 

 tunity of examining it. It is ftill the fame 

 blue caterpillar with a black ftreak down its 

 back ; appears quite healthy ; and indeed re- 

 markably plump and -fleek. I am afraid, 

 however, that by laying open the cell prema- 

 turely, 



