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series of Insects. Next to the door on the east side are the 

 nests of "White Ants or Termites, while on the opposite side 

 are some remarkable cocoons of social caterpillars of various 

 moths, and also a series of preparations showing the 

 metamorphoses or changes undergone by Insects as they grow 

 to maturity. At the sides of the gallery are models of various 



Fig. 24.^The Cocoandt Ceab (Birgas latro). 



galls, with drawings of the insects which cause them; and 

 others showing the life-histoi'ies of certain Beetles, Bees, 

 and Moths. Beyond these, on the west side, are two large 

 cabinets containing a collection of British Butterflies and 

 Moths with their caterpillars, prepared and presented by Lord 

 Walsingham ; and next to this stands a cabinet containing 

 another collection of the Butterflies and Moths of our islands 



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