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Scientific American, Vol. 29, No. 6 (1873) (1873)

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twig; it is formed of two distinct layers, the outer one, which is loose, wrinkled, and resembles strong brown paper, cocoon, the parasi- als, the upper and smaller end being crowned with a whorl tic larva, which had covering an inner oval cocoon composed of the same kind of of conspicuous stiff… … species, : which the moth could escape. form, there being but one brood each year. THE Mary Caaucis Fuy—(Chalcis marie, Riley).—I re- The cocoon of this insect is often found to contain a ker- The operation—so interesting and instructive—can be wit- ceived from Mr, V. T. Chambers, of Covington,…

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