THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 137 



And, lastly, how does the scented Staphylmus extract 



81. The Sweet-smelling SUphyVums—StaphijKmis ohns. 



the grateful perfume which exhales from its rings, and 

 covers the fingers of those who touch it ? 



CHAPTEE 11. 



METAMORPHOSES. 



Born in one sha2oe the insect dies in another, and the 

 metamorphoses which it undergoes are the most impor- 

 tairt act of its life, and the most extraordinary phenomenon 

 in physiology. Organism, functions, all things change : 

 the ugly caterpillar is transformed into a butterfly gleam- 



is 



