THE BUTTERFLY. 



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that of the higher animals. We now come to a time 

 in the life of our friend in which he actually refuses 

 food ! Surely, some great change is coming over him. 

 Perhaps he is going to die. Let us watch him. He 

 leaves all the beautiful green tables, spread w T ith his 

 favorite dainties, and seeks a quiet place where, unob- 

 served, he unfastens his woolly coat and throws it off — 

 jaws, legs, and even the whole lining of his stomach. 



Fig. 139. 



The Pupa, oe Cheysalis, hanging by the Tail. 



Thus he is left naked, jawless, armless, legless — nothing 

 in the world to call his own ; just like our lobster, 

 only a great deal worse. The only things by which he 



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