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in color from a light to a very dark brown. There are three 

 light yellow broken lines extending the whole length of the body, 

 one in the center of the back and one each side, with a row of 

 tubercles between. There are six rows of elevated tubercles 

 along the body, each one bearing a tuft of hairs of varying 

 lengths. The first four pairs of tubercles on the third to sixth 

 segments inclusive are of a bluish color, the remaining ones are 

 red. The head is prominent, light yellow, marked with two 

 distinct, almost vertical black dashes, the rest being finely 

 sprinkled with the same color. The long hairs of the second 

 segment project well forward in front of the head. 



PUPA. 



When full grown these caterpillars crawl down from the trees 

 and often away to some secluded place where they spin a few 

 silken threads, enough to hold themselves in place, and change 

 to the pupa form (Fig. 3). 



Fig. 3. Pupa of Gip:-y Moth. 



The pupa, as indicated above, is not enclosed in silk so as to 

 !>e hidden from view, but is attached to the small end and held 

 ii? place by a few threads. It is of the usual reddish brown 

 color, sprinkled over with short hairs. The male pupa is much 

 smaller than the female, on account of the latter containing so 

 many eggs. 



THE MOTH. 



The male moth (Fig. 4) varies from a light to a dark brown 



Fig. i. Male Gipsy Moth. 



