...a smooth case, in which thev change into -a chrysalis. They remain under this focm all winter till the month of February, when they become perfect beetles,...soft and white. .In May the parts are hardened, and they then come forth out of the earth. This accounts for our often finding the perfect insects in the...

...undergo their next change : to effect this, they dig deep into the earth, sometimes five or six feet, and there spin a smooth case, in which they change...February, when they become perfect beetles, but With their bodioo quite soft 'Uld white. In May the parts are hardened, and then they come forth out of the earth....

...undergo another change, to effect which, they dig deep into the ground, sometimes five or six feet, and there spin a smooth case, in which they change into a chrysalis. They remain in this state all the winter, till about the month of February, when they become...

...period, they are about to undergo their change, they dig deep into the earth, sometimes five or six feet, and there spin a smooth case, in which they change...soft and white. In May the parts are hardened, and they then come forth out of the earth. This accounts for our often finding the perfect insects in the...

...period, they are about to undergo their change, they dig deep into the earth, sometimesfive or six feet, and there spin a smooth case, in which they change...soft and white. In May the parts are hardened, and they then come forth out of the earth. This accounts for our often finding the perfect insects in the...

...six feet, and there spin a smooth case, in which they change to a pupa, or chrysalis. They remain in this form all the winter, until the month of February,...hardened, and then they come forth out of the earth." I have observed these transformed insects, in the centre of a lump of manure, two or more feet below...