. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . erpillar skin;that part of the skin remains empty, while thebody is drawn up contracted towards the the same manner they disengage themselvesfrom the two succeeding rings; so that the ani-mal is then lodged entirely in the forepart of itscaterpillar covering; that half which is aban-doned remains flaccid and empty; while thefore part, on the contrary, is swollen and dis-tended. The animal having thus quitted thehinder part of its skin, to drive itself up intothe fore part, still continues to heave and workas before; so that the
. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . erpillar skin;that part of the skin remains empty, while thebody is drawn up contracted towards the the same manner they disengage themselvesfrom the two succeeding rings; so that the ani-mal is then lodged entirely in the forepart of itscaterpillar covering; that half which is aban-doned remains flaccid and empty; while thefore part, on the contrary, is swollen and dis-tended. The animal having thus quitted thehinder part of its skin, to drive itself up intothe fore part, still continues to heave and workas before; so that the skin soon bursts intothree pieces, and a longitudinal opening is madein the three first rings of the body, throughwhich the insect thrusts forth its nake^body, with strong eftorts. Thus, at last^ itentirely gets free of its caterpillar skin, andfor ever forsakes its most odious reptile form. The caterpillar, thus stripped of its skin forthe last time, is now become an aureha, inwhich the parts of the future butterfly are all vi-sible ; #i £iiUe/jlJf^ 127,
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