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within their choice, being usually found on an expos- 

 ed currant branch, or under the upper cross-bar of a 

 pahng. We observed one, during several months of 

 the winter of 1828-9, stationary under the lintel of a 

 door, where a continual current of air must have ren- 

 dered it exceedingly cold. We have endeavoured to 

 rouse some of these from their semi-torpidity by keep- 

 ing them in a warm room; but though they would 

 make a few lethargic and unwilling movements, none 

 of them v.ould eat, and the change always proved 

 fatal.* 



We might be led from this instance to conclude 

 that caterpillars, not covered with hair, become tor- 

 pid during winter; but such general conclusions from 



ri. Young c.terpiUar o. I'lt ili inker. J, t'.ir «:".nu full g o vii. 

 c, smooth c.iieipiUai ol t'lc angle shaiU^. <;, the moth of the 

 same. 



* J. !l. 



