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In the larva and pupa ftate it is a very beautiful creature, as the 

 colours are much brighter than in the perfea Infea ; they are gene- 

 rally found in April or May, among the grafs and young plants that 

 grov/ under hedges ; in June or July they are .taken in the vi^Inged 

 ftate* — Fig. V, the pupa ftate, and Fig. VI. the perfed Infedl; both 

 of the natural fize : in the annexed plate V7e have given the magnifie4 

 appearance of the former. 



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