GROWTH OF INSECTS. 



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holding the chrysalis horizontally, or vertically, against the 

 fence, as in Fig. 80, O. 



Some of them are encased in a mesh of threads, which 

 may be built against the fence, or under the edges of clap- 

 boards on the sides of houses. And within the cocoons col- 

 lected, the chrysalides, or their empty cases, will be found, as 

 in Fig. T3. 



Fig, 74. — Portion of a Fence, having xtpon rr, among othek TniNGS, Eggs, Cateepillaes 



AMD CHET8ALIDE8 OF InBEOTS. 



Kich collecting-places may always be found on old garden- 

 fences in cities and towns. Fences surrounded by trees and 

 bushes will oftentimes have a great many insects lurldng 

 under projecting edges — caterpillars climbing up the posts, 

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