. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 532 SILK-rEODUCING INSECTS. H* *8. ami shininr, mostly of dull mahonany-rod tinged Mith ochrcous yollow, and hnvin- a ]nvâ, shaped lead and Its nuisculur ])ouer is cnornmus, as may proved by actual which are made vi,sil)le ujwii dissection. ° ^lu^uos It exudes a li(iuid of powerful and fetid odour, thought by some to rosein1>le th. unpleasant eniuviuiu exhaled by the he-goat. Its influence ex^ to a cS m d tanee, and a practised
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. 532 SILK-rEODUCING INSECTS. H* *8. ami shininr, mostly of dull mahonany-rod tinged Mith ochrcous yollow, and hnvin- a ]nvâ, shaped lead and Its nuisculur ])ouer is cnornmus, as may proved by actual which are made vi,sil)le ujwii dissection. ° ^lu^uos It exudes a li(iuid of powerful and fetid odour, thought by some to rosein1>le th. unpleasant eniuviuiu exhaled by the he-goat. Its influence ex^ to a cS m d tanee, and a practised entoiuologist will often defect the presence of a Goa .'^ , caterpdiar simply by the aid of tlie nostrils. In spite, however, of the ivpulsivrns ,° an. unpleasant odour, tins creature is thought to be the. celebrated Cossus of trand t' u glub ^vhlch was found on trees, and, .Iressed after some ,.articular fa hi i J J oolved upon as a very great dainty. The wliole of the In, «\ interesting, and has been thorougldy-worked out in the ela rate t eat^ o bv Lvom,or'7 which the read(.r is referred for further on the subject ' ' " The caterpillar passes three years in the LuTal stage of existence, and Mdien the tim. approaches lor its changv, it ceas.^s to burrow, and scoops out a convei i,.nt\^ "i lo Z luung it with a iabric of mixed and silken threads. IkC" elr from this r,. reat, it i-ushes itself through its burrow like a m a c 1, ,' protrudes about half of the body, and then emerges IVom the dn' ^a ^ M w '' / leaves withm the burrow. Tlu; texture of the wings is soft and downy a the , are ot a very solder order, being greys and browns of different tones; vitli a verv it ochreous yellow and a number of narrow black waving streaks. ^ " The last figure in the illustration represents the AVooD Leopard-moth i verv ,.von'i marked insect, though without the least brilliancy of coloui The
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