Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . FIQUEE 7,—PHALEW^ G098YP1ELLA, OOTTOri-ljUD Imago—c. Larva. 44 HAEPERS NEW MONTHLY FIGUBE 8.—COTTON-BITD Young Larvae in a Bud.—<f. Eggs on a Leaf.—e. Cocoon.—/. ChryBalifl. exposure, and hasten to revel upon the i)etals andleaves of the beautiful flowers. A few days ofthis work and then they travel away each to thesmallest and most tender green leaves, which theyfold around them with masterly expedition andtaste, confining them with bands of silk. Inthis cradle the worm spins itself a fine silky en
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . FIQUEE 7,—PHALEW^ G098YP1ELLA, OOTTOri-ljUD Imago—c. Larva. 44 HAEPERS NEW MONTHLY FIGUBE 8.—COTTON-BITD Young Larvae in a Bud.—<f. Eggs on a Leaf.—e. Cocoon.—/. ChryBalifl. exposure, and hasten to revel upon the i)etals andleaves of the beautiful flowers. A few days ofthis work and then they travel away each to thesmallest and most tender green leaves, which theyfold around them with masterly expedition andtaste, confining them with bands of silk. Inthis cradle the worm spins itself a fine silky en-velope, and turns gradually into a small delicatepale brown chrysalis. Here it is rocked by thewinds upon the withered stems until the flowersreturn with the spring. The worm, in its earlystages, is of a pale sickly green with a brownhead. As it grows older it becomes tawny red,mth small rough spiracles, from each of whichsprings a bristle which is not perceptible withouta magnifier. The body is about half an The moth seldom flies during the heat of theday, but can often be found about lights atnight. It is sometimes seen in very dn,^, long,
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