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INSECT MANUFACTURES. 



of silkworms this noise sounds like a soft shower 

 of rain. 





SILKWORM ON MULBERRY-LEAP. 



When the caterpillar has attained its full growth, 

 it is a very different creature from the little black 

 worm which first issued from the egg, being from 

 two and a half to three inches in length, and its 

 body consisting of twelve membranous rings, 



