DIALOGUE VIII. 
VARIOUS MODES OF FORMING^ SECURING, 
AND aUITTING THE PUPA CASE. EM- 
PEROR MOTH. 
LUCY, We stopped yesterday at the 
account of the caterpillar, that suspends 
its pupa by the tail. 
Mother. There is another species, 
which spins only the band across the 
body, without the little mat for the tail 
to hook. Not having the pibvver of 
turning its head as far as the caterpillar 
does that I mentioned yesterday, it 
cannot pass the thread over its back ; it 
therefore fastens the end on one side, 
then carries the thread across the fore feet 
which it holds up for that purpose, and 
firmly attaches it to the other side ; re- 
peating the operation till the band is 
sufficiently strong. The threads how- 
