" PROFESSOR WIGGLER " yy 



— let US see, one, two, three, four — perhaps five 

 times. 



When he first emerged from the egg on the 

 lilac -leaf he was indeed a tiny atom; his head 

 would make a small show laid u])on our page. 

 When about a week old, by dint of a good appe- 

 tite and voracious feedinor, he had manaored to 

 " outgrow his skin," as it were. He could literally 

 hold no more, and realizing that nature would 

 come to his relief, he began to spin a tiny web 

 upon the leaf-stalk in which to secure his hooked 

 feet for a temporary rest, sleeping off his dinner, 

 as it were. 



He is now a very quiet and circumspect young 

 professor. It were indeed a dangerous experi- 

 ment to wiggle in such a tight suit as now in- 

 closes him, so he remains immovable and resigned. 

 A strange process is now going on in his physiol- 

 ogy. Hour by hour his outer skin is becoming 

 detached from the under skin, and now he is sim- 

 ply inclosed within its sac. The shell of his 

 former head has been crowded off his face, as it 

 were, and has slid down towards the mouth of the 

 new head within. Shortly after this feature has 

 taken place the imprisoned caterpillar becomes 

 restless to burst his bonds, and a quiet working 

 motion begins, which gradually forces the skin in 

 wrinkles towards the tail of the body, of course 

 drawing it tighter and tighter about the head, and 



