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INSECT TRANSFORMATIONS. 



by old Isaac Walton. ' The very colours of caterpil- 

 lars,' says he, ' as one has observed, are elegant and 

 beautiful. I shall, for a taste of the rest, describe 

 one of them; which I will, some time the next month, 

 show you feeding on a willow tree; and you shall 

 find him punctually to answer this very descrip- 

 tion: his lips and mouth somewhat yellow; his eyes 



Transfoi-milioiis of tlie puss moth (rn-tn-n I 

 h h, young Imvip. c. rull-grown liirvu. rf, the pi 



1,/n). o, tho ege- 

 , (, the iiKiih. 



