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that it was dead, but that at intervals there were 
certain motions which indicated the possession of 
vitality. Take it for all in all,” larva, pupa, and 
imago, this was the most singular moth that ever 
it was my fortune to make acquaintance with. I 
have ascertained that it is the Thyridopteryx^ 
ephemerceformis of Stephens. 
