Silk-culture directory and silk-caterpillars disorders . -tamorpho^sis; then becomes darker ixnd takes the outlines of a buUeiUv. AVithin eight days, if it is very warm, and tifteer; diiy>, if ihotemperature is medium, the outlines become perfect parts and thechrysalis softening one end of its shroud emerges from it. The Bow/jix imago, aUhcmgh is endowed with perfect ,, doesnolo-lide in the air—p( rl)ai)s, JHw-ause its functions are limited onlyto the coiitinuation of the kind, and not to llw. sell sustenance:buttertlies, do not eat, therefore they uo not wander! At sunrise only, or t
Silk-culture directory and silk-caterpillars disorders . -tamorpho^sis; then becomes darker ixnd takes the outlines of a buUeiUv. AVithin eight days, if it is very warm, and tifteer; diiy>, if ihotemperature is medium, the outlines become perfect parts and thechrysalis softening one end of its shroud emerges from it. The Bow/jix imago, aUhcmgh is endowed with perfect ,, doesnolo-lide in the air—p( rl)ai)s, JHw-ause its functions are limited onlyto the coiitinuation of the kind, and not to llw. sell sustenance:buttertlies, do not eat, therefore they uo not wander! At sunrise only, or tliereabout, the butUertlies conie tirst, they have damp and imi)tu-fect wings, but in a fewminutes the wings take theh- normal ai)pearanee which is :— Healthy female butterflies are larger than the nudes, rather their size, on which account they are almost stationary : theirwings are of a pearl-white candor slightly shaded and aie alway.^ (34 <SKVEN-T11 A«E. kept horizontal]J stretched, like in the following life-size figure:. ^^^i&^^ the wings and the other parts of ths body are evenly covered witha very light down. Unhealthy females have either ashy or a chestnut color, sometimes being dotted with a few almost un[)erceivahle black spots onthe white ; others have an exceptit)nally enlarged belly, and othersare crip[)led : more about these anoon. Healthy males, l)esides of l)ei!ig distinguished by their smallersize and same white color, are lively and with open and shakingwings [called onward b} desire] whirl around their more steadycompanions. The wings of the male l)utterfly, when at rest, arediagonally lifted up from his body. The males are also particular-ly distinijuished bv bavins^ wider and lousier fi^ page 5H for drawing of !nale butterfly. Unhealthy males present the same characteristics of the unhealthyfemales, though more of the former might be almost wingless. Having described so far, it is now a short work to direct how tomake th
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