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TENANTS OF AN O/.D FARM. 



rim. Look at some of these cases ; most of them are 

 of this year's brood, and contain a crysalis, from whicli 

 an Ephemeraform Moth -will emerge next summer. 

 Here is one that fed upon the pine ; you observe how 

 the long needle-like leaves of the tree have been at- 

 tached to the outside of the case, and hang down far be- 

 low the end (Fig. 120.) Here is another that has been 

 made upon arbor yitee, and the leaves and oblong 



FIO. 121. — BASKET WOHM DHAWN UP TO FEED OR SPIN. 



cones of the plant completely conceal the silken en- 

 velope. This tree or shrub is a favorite food-plant of 

 this species, at least I have frequently found the worm 

 upon it. Here is a third specimen, a small one, which 

 is completely covered with the feather-like bracts of 



