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withdraw them from their determined dissimulation. The 

 borer or death-watch (Anobrum) will allow itself to be 



04. ;Nym|)li, Larva, and Perfect Insect— 2>//?i,srff5 murriiiiatus. 



singed or drowned rather than fly when once fear has made 

 it shrink. What I state has been confirmed by experiment. 

 De Geer and Dnmeril relate, that having thoronghly fright- 

 ened several Coleoptera of this S2Decies, they allowed them- 

 selves to l_)e l)nrned withont attempting to escajDC. 



Others, in order to evade their enemies, carry decei^tion 

 still further. When young and feeble, they hide behind a 

 delusive mask, that of a repulsive and ragged or foul- 

 smelling covering of spider threads or excrement, and at 

 a later period die clad in a mantle of purple and gold. 



Such is the Lily Crioceris. Its mean-looking, soft. 



95. Lily Crioceris and its Larva— Crioco'M merdigera (Leacli). 



timorous larva covers its Imck Avith its fetid dejections, in 

 order to di.sgust the insectivorous birds. Subsequently, 



