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any further attention to the disused mummy-case 

 which once confined it. 



In No. 9, tlie pupa being thus safely anchored, 

 tlie tly is emerj^ing. It is a slow and delicate 

 process, for with so many legs and wings and 



NO. 8.— THE I'UPA COMES OUT. 



antenna} and appendages to get free from the 

 mummy-case, one cannot hurry : haste might be 

 fatal. At this first stage of emergence, as you will 

 observe, all the important parts are still cramped 

 at their ends within the pupa-shell ; but you can 

 sec how the legs and anteniKu are striving to dis- 



