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b. Insects feeding freely upon the leaves without a nest and not con- 

 cealed within leaf or hud. 



1. A "measuring worm" or looping caterpillar, when grown 



about I inch long ; olive green when young, becoming yel- 

 lowish or brownish when grown ; with brownish longitudi- 

 nal stripes and white band on sides; under side pale or 

 flesh colored, (figs. 5, 6). 



I. With 2 pairs of legs at rear of body. 



Spring canker Worm. Page 339. 

 II. With 3 pairs of legs at rear of body. 



Fall canker Worm. Page 340. 



2. Very large hairless green caterpillar, 4 inches long when 



grown ; body with several red, yellow and blue bead-like 

 tubercles, (fig. 7). Cecropia caterpillar. Page 341. 



3. A large black and yellow longitudinally striped caterpillar 



with yellow neck; very sparsely covered with long soft 

 hairs, (fig. 9). Yellow-necked caterpillar. Page 342. 



4. A caterpillar with black, white and yellow longitudinal 



stripes ; head and fourth body segment bright red, with 

 a number of stiff, blunt black spines, (fig. 10). 



Red-humped Caterpillar. Page 344. 



5. A smooth mottled caterpillar ; grayish brown above, gray- 



green beneath with yellow head. (fig. 55). 



Mottled fruit Caterpillar. Page 345. 



6. Smooth greenish caterpillar lyi inches long when grown, 



with various colored blotches and marks on the back, 

 (fig. 11). Saddled prominent. Page 345. 



7. Very small smooth greenish j^ellow caterpillars (J/^ inch or 



less), feeding upon upper surface of leaf. (fig. 14). 



Apple-leaf Bucculatrix. Page 347. 



8. Hairy caterpillar with four white humps of hair on the 



back, and black pencils of hair on head and tail. (fig. 15). 



I. Head red. White-marked tussock. Page 349. 



II. Head black. Antique tussock. Page 349. 



9. Hairy caterpillar; ground color bluish with a single line of 



white dots on the back. (fig. 16). 



Forest tent Caterpillar. Page 350. 



10. Hairy caterpillar, ground color brownish, with broken white 



stripes on each side when full grown ; the young are in 

 winter nests, they are brownish with 2 reddish dots on 

 back. Brown-tail. Page 352. 



11. Hairy caterpillar, ground color dusky; with ■^ rows of red 



spots and 2 rows of blue spots along back and with dim 

 yellowish stripe between them. Gypsy. Page 355. 



12. Hairy caterpillars, when grown with long pencils of hairs 



at each end ; when young only sparsely hairy. 



