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6. When it throws off its skin for the fourth time, it 

 changes its shape and condition, and passes into the pupa 

 state. Its body is shortened and rounded, presenting a 

 much plumper appearance. It has lost the little fan-like 



Mosquitoes. 



membrane which the larva possessed, but is still able to 

 swim by bending its body and straightening it again. 

 While in this state it does not eat, and has no digestive 

 apparatus. Its outside covering is a kind of sack, within 



