CONTENTS. Xlll 



CHAPTER XV.— CATERPILLARS. 



Paga 



Their Singular Habits— The Grub of the domestic Moth— Fabri- 

 cates a Mantle— Habits of the Field-Moth— Caddis- Worm 250 



CHAPTER XVI.— SOCIAL CATERPILLARS. 



Move in regular Files— Form Nests lined with Silk — The " Proces- 

 sionary" — The Leaf-rolling — The Leaf-bending — Leaf-mining 

 Caterpillar 266 



CHAPTER XVn.— CHRYSALIS, or AURELIA. 



Caterpillar, when about to Change into a Chrysalis, fastens itself to 

 a Leaf or Stem — Spins a little Web — Gets rid of its old Case — 

 Suspends itself by a Girth or Belt formed of Silk 285 



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