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covered with green buds ; but it unfortunately fell a prey to 

 those ubiquitous enemies of pupae in the tropics — ants ; and, as 

 another specimen was never discovered, in spite of vigorous 

 searchings through bushels of the food-plant, the ultimate form 

 of the larva must for the present remain a mystery. In spite of 

 a wonderfully deceptive resemblance to a vegetable growth, the 

 larva must be nevertheless extremely rare. 



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