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Among the moths and butterflies : a revised and enlarged edition of "Insect lives ; or, Born in prison" (1891)

Ballard, Julia P. (Julia Perkins) · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 170

An illustration from Among the moths and butterflies : a revised and enlarged edition of "Insect lives ; or, Born in prison", 1891, leaf 170 — autiful species. Scarcelyhad I decided to keep it, before I noticed acluster of egrors on the inside cover of the boxin which it was brought to me. Here wasa treasure indeed. And, in three days after,there were over thirty eggs in the box. Theywere dark brown, a little smaller than thoseof the… … 130 AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. the eggs hatched, the young caterpillars beinga light pea-green, a little less than an inchlong. The spines were in clusters, like thoseof the lo Sahirnia, those on the back havinga purplish tinge. They began to eat freshwalnut leaves at once. In a day or two,…

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