TRANSFORMATION OF INSECTS. 



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the ciltered condition of Coriolanus, when from a 

 Roman general he has become the invincible leader 

 of the Volscians in their progress against his native 

 city. " Is 't possible," asks Sicinius, " that so 

 short a time can alter the condition of a man ? " 

 and most justly is he answered by Menenius : ' ' There 

 is a difference between a grub and a butterfly, yet 

 your butterfly was a grub." — Act V. Sc. IV. 



Caterpillar, leaf-cocoon, ami chrysalis of the Prometheus Moth. 



Almost every one has noticed the destruction of 

 clothes, furs, and tapestry by the larvce of minute 

 moths (Tineida). It is not to be supposed, therefore, 

 that the all-seeing eye of Shakspeare should pass un- 



