1 02 MARCHING CORPS. 



his companions a strip of woven carpet. This silken clue 

 serving as a guide, the caterpillar-ramblers, however far and 

 wide their predatory travels, have no difficulty in returning to 

 their home, to whose shelter they are always driven by heavy 

 rain or scorching sun. Both the hammocks and habits of 

 these social " Brown-Tails " nearly resemble those of the black, 

 scarlet, and white caterpillars of the " Gold Tails," also com- 

 mon on the oak. It is observed by Reaumer (speaking of 

 these treaders upon silk), " Nous pavons nos grands clieinins ; 

 elles tapissent les leurs." 



With the above and other social caterpillars (as is usually 

 the case with associations amongst mankind), the sole bond of 

 union would seem to consist in mutual weakness and mutual 

 protection; for when they have attained to a certain size, and 

 arrived at that season of the year when injuries from weather 

 are no longer to be dreaded, they disperse each upon its indi- 

 vidual range, while the winter home of their infancy is 

 abandoned to the spider, the ear-wig, or whatsoever stranger 

 may choose to take possession. Having thus rambled singly, 

 and ate their fill in solitude throughout the sunny month of 

 June, July sees the termination of their caterpillar life. 



\\Tiere now is our corps of seeming soldiers? the body which 

 we saw progressing in regular " rank and file' across one of 

 the smooth green areas of our city. Most of the social cater- 

 pillars, whilst occupying a common abode, are accustomed to 



