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caterpillar and of chrysalis. Again, we may notice that the 

 vital principle common to the insect and the plant though in 

 the latter unaccompanied by indication of mind often puts on 

 no less curious correspondences. 



As well as ephemeral flowers there are ephemeral insects. 

 The gauzy wings of the May -fly, like the delicate petals of the 

 cistus, strew the ground in a few brief hours after their ex- 

 pansion ; and the Favonia,* which displays its crimson glories 

 in the beams of morning (as is the case often with the ephe- 

 meral insect) is, like it, dead by noon-day. There are certain 

 flowers, such as the goat's-beard, &c., which are known to time 

 their opening at certain hours of the day ; and so, in like 

 manner, various moths have been observed to emerge from 

 their chrysalis-covering with equal regularity. 



Again, the daisy, the pimpernel, and many other flowers, 

 show the nicest sensibility to atmospheric changes, by always 

 shutting up their petals at the approach of bad weather ; and 

 the bee, the butterfly, and other insects, with an instinctive 

 prescience of coming showers, hide within the flower-cups, or 

 close their wings, fearfully resting from their labours or their 

 pleasures. 



Numerous also are the properties and productions common 

 to plants and insects, with a few of which we must close our 

 very imperfect enumeration of resembling points between 

 them,. In fragrance, even the rose is emulated by a pretty 



Jkl * Tigrldia favonia. 



