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State, they are often arrayed in Gayety and 
Splendour, as may be obferved in Butter-Flies? 
and Variety of Night-Papilio’s, The Name of 
Aurelia, or * Chryfalis, they borrow from the 
Golden Hue, with which many of them are 
tinged. 
When the Ant-Worms have attained their 
Maturity of Growth, the Workers transfer them 
to fome proper Situation near the Surface of the 
Colony, and ceafe to give them Nourifhmente 
The Vermicles foon after begin to weave in the 
Manner of Silk-Worms, and in a few Days in¬ 
fold themfelves in a foft Silken Kind of Tiflue« 
They henceforth aflame, and whilfl: confined in 
this Monument, continue the Chara&er of Au¬ 
relia's, and are thofe fmall Bodies, which moil: of 
the Summer Months abound in the Settlements, 
and are vulgarly reputed Ant-Eggs. But their 
Largenefs, and vifible Transformation, £hew the 
Miftake. 
The Female Worms firft undergo this Alteration • 
the Male fucceed them, and laft of all the Neu¬ 
tral. 1 have known feveral Apartments of large 
* Fro#! xgvo-o$, aurutn. Gold. 
Nymphs 
