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eJirifsalis, seemingly without life. But the t^-rowiug warmth of the spring 

 sun began to work a wonderful change within that grub. One bright 

 morning, the dingy case broke open and out Jim- tin- wimji-d beauty 

 which you now see flashing in the sunshine." [The accompanying 

 woodcut shows a " Peacock " butterfly [Vancxsa in).'] 



M. iii., 127. — "I did little else but feed from morning till night, and 

 as I fed and grew, my skin split in all (linrtious, and I threw it off" from 

 time to time, always finding a new one underneath. Well, after a while, I 

 suppose I must have reached my full size, for I had no longer any desire 

 to eat. / ncc'wed to want to sleep, f rolled myself up in a anuy ball, 

 (juinnied )nymf into the leaf, and eorered mynelf irith a loosely-npnn, flossy 

 silk. I think people called me a pupa or chrysalis in those days, but 

 h(nv lony it lasted I shall never knotr. All I do know is that whan I woke 

 up, I was no lonijer a crairUni/ larra, nor was J a pujui, but I found 

 myself furnislied witJi the most beautiful wijiys." 



C. 62-04. — " The worms continued to spin till the shells were too 

 thick for us to see through ; but a-e eould hear their little ' cliek,' ^ elick,' 

 ^ elick,' as they worked away inside. . . . If they are allowed to live, 

 they will break the delicate threads. Their home has no door. They 

 must bite a hole throuyh the walls wJie)i they wish to come out." 



C. 104-106. — "He (a caterpillar) drewo»^ of his mouth a sticky Jl aid and 

 with it painted his whole body. , . . It would bind him to the fence when 

 he lost the power to hold himself and make a coat to keep out the wet 

 while he w^as takiny his wi)it.er's nap. . . . One summer morning 

 when I was dressing in my room I heard a little peekiny sound. I 

 thought at first it was a hungry mouse but as I chanced to come near 

 the mantelpiece to my great surprise the caterpillar cocoon was shaking 

 and from one end something was pushing itself out. It proved to be a 

 tuoth nibbliny at the end to make an openiny. Then a head appeared and 

 after a few more violent struyyles a lovely butterfly came in siyht." 



C. iii., 173. — " Butterflies lay their eyys on the leaves of plants. The 

 warm sunshine causes them to burst open, and out comes from each a little 

 yreen caterpillar. It has a large head, eiyht feet and no wings. The 

 caterpillar /k'r/.s on eabbaye leaves. At last it does not care to eat, and 

 seems too weary to move. So it seeks a quiet place and fastens itself to 

 a twig — danyliny by a thread which it makes itself, as a sjiider danyles 

 froui its web (a figure is given with a pupa of J^ieris hrassicae dangling 

 from a thread Avhich is attached to the nose-horn and the cremaster 

 hangs free. — Ed.). Soon a thick brown skin, cdmost li/ce a thin shell, yrows 

 over it and the caterpillar is shut in entirely. In this form it is called a 

 chrysalis or pupa. There it hanys until the spriny comes. Then the 

 chrysalis splits open and out comes a butterfly. This new creature has 

 four wings, closely folded round its body, and six legs. In the warm sun- 

 shine it stretches out its leys ; gradually its wings unfold and away it 

 flies." 



N. iii., 110. — " The cocoon breaks open and a perfect insect (butter- 

 fly or moth) creeps out ready to fly about and lay some tiny white njys." 



C. iii., 25. — " The silkworm is a kind of caterpillar. It has sixteen 

 leys, and seven very small eyes on each side of its head. The cater- 

 pillar becomes a moth when it has spu)i its silk. The ball is of a pale 

 yellow colour and about the size of a pigeon's egg. In this hall the 

 worm changes, first into a chrysalis, and about fifteen days afterwards 

 into a moth. Then the moth works its way out with its head and hooked 



