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shrubs, 8cc. for this purpose ; put them into 

 boxes covered with thin canvas, gauze, or cat- 

 gut, and feed them with the fresh leaves of 

 the tree or herb, on which they are found ; 

 when they are full grown, they will go into the 

 pupa or chrysalis state, and require then no 

 other care, till they come out a perfect but- 

 terfly, at which time they may be killed, as 

 before directed. Sometimes these insects may 

 be found hanging to walls, pales, and branches 

 of trees, in the chrysalis state. 



Moths might likewise be procured more per- 

 fect, by collecting the caterpillars, and breed- 

 ing them in the same manner as butterflies. As 

 the larvae or caterpillars cannot easily be pre- 

 served dry, nor very well in spirit, it would be 

 satisfactory if exact drawings could be made 

 of them while they are alive and perfect. It 

 may be necessary to observe, that in breeding 

 these kind of insects, some earth should be put 

 into the boxes, as likewise some rotten wood 

 in the corners ; because, when the caterpillars 

 change into the cbrysalis state, some go into 



