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Indeed, we shall have something to say with regard to butterflies 

 and moths from the aesthetic point of view in a moment. These 



FIGURE 200. A Hover-fly. 



large caterpillars have their bodies generally green, but slashed with 

 bands of more brilliant colour, so that the large expanse is broken (see 



FIGURE 201. The egg of the Hover-fly enlarged. 



figure 198), which tends greatly to conceal them from their 

 enemies so long as they remain among leaves. When, however, it 



