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feâjaf© the, cotton; iy'ifeh iwitótohblhevcoécuslis .enjssöloped,
■SaatLks jscaréelyidMstinguishable .from thettatter^ except
“ that .itodsï^a -little xnore elbngatedj with somewhat
iV,longer legs; ,-and thatthecotfen does not : stick to It,1
isiWith difficulty separ
a te d . When this;fly iis prepared to: change its skjn,
it fcreêps oubdf the •Cottoniupon the naked part ol the
“nfeâf, increases quickly in its bulky .ahd;ids :ööldur
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fe'dffiw .daymitt beedmes) torpid $ but ^sooiyafterwards,
“ contracting âtsrridigsiwith ÿiofenfrægimtïony.M depusites
a; large;ipbbule: of pure/red^öólcmrïKglaa^tetlj*%|ldf
1 - 3vhich / it immediately hdrigs dtâelfi upöïb thei prickles
tkxrfâthe ileafp an'dnbeodinesr a chrysalis, out of which
i&issues, •JsHbrtlyç! < thd -perfect flyu FjroraJ tfeerjeirGMti-
stance ó f the-ccdo^riflgiTnattef being depbsited’by thts
‘“insect,ipre^dous to its chatoge<intodhëiehTysaliisittftëi
“ it might be ? inferred, that any other insect, feedittgJofr
“ the same plant, would- be - productive likewise of; the
■A same colouring'matter, 1 Yet the leaf; itselftbonsfaùtly
“ gavé bnt,ifönly: a-transparent gelatinous fluid, per-
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‘% some of the; excrétions*of those who eat it. Theplate,
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