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little black and yellow sort : but where 
should I look for their larvae ? 
Mother. Some species are found on 
flowers, and some on trees ; but the larvse 
of the most common kind, which has five 
black spots, is constantly seen on the 
common broad leaved dock ; it is narrow, 
in proportion to its length, of a dark 
slate colour, with three red spots on each 
side, and with six legs ; they seem to eat 
only the pulpy part of the leaf, as the 
veins remain like network where they 
Lave been feeding. 
Lucy, I am sure these larvse are 
what I call my fairy armadillos : you 
know the little armadillos in Bewick's 
Beasts? 
Mother, They have a faint likeness 
to the armadillo ; but now let me hear 
you describe the coccinella. 
Lucy, Its antennae are a little cla- 
vated, and they are not so long as the 
palpi. The shells and thorax, I see, are 
both margined. 
