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pillars are produced in about fourteen days and im- 

 mediately seek out for food, which the parent always 

 takes care to have near the place where she lays her 

 eggs. As soon as they have attained sufficient 

 strength, the young grubs separate, each burrowing a 

 different way in search of roots. They remain four 

 years in this state, annually changing their skins till 

 they become of full growth, when they are of a 

 cream colour, with brown head and feet. 



About the month of March of the fourth year, 

 the caterpillar forms a case of earth about the 

 size of a pigeon's egg, somewhere near the surface, 

 within which it changes into a pupa. In this state it 

 remains until the beginning of June, when the 

 perfect insect is formed and then emerges from the 

 earth to feed on flowers. 



