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series of Insects. JsText to the door on the east side are the 
nests of White Ants or Termites, while on the opposite side 
are some remarkable cocoons of social caterpillars of various 
moths, and also a series of preparations showing the 
metamorphoses or changes undergone by Insects as they grow 
to maturity. At the sides of the gallery are models of Various 
Fig. 24.— The Cocoanct Crab (Birgus latro). 
galls, with drawings of the insects which cause them ; and 
others showing the life-histories of certain Beetles, Bees, 
and Moths. Beyond these, on the west side, are two large 
cabinets containing a collection of British Butterflies and 
Moths with their caterpillars, prepared and presented by Lord , 
Walsingham ; and next to this stands a cabinet containing 
another collection of the Butterflies and Moths of our islands^ 
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