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FIG. 136. — NEST OF THE TENT-CATERPILLAR MOTH. 



at the top of the twigs which, haviiig a general conical 

 outhne, give it naturally the appearance of an old- 

 fashioned Sibley tent or Indian wigwam. (Fig. 136.) 



" The resemblance is frequently very striking, as may 

 be seen in this figure of a forest tent-caterpillar's nest 

 which I saw growing upon a wild cherry-tree at the 

 base of Bound Top on the famous battle-field of Gettys- 

 burg. Numbers of similar structures were fixed among 

 the branches of various trees, whose white texture was 

 brought out sharply against the dark-green of the 

 embowering leaves. As I turned from them and gazed 



