CONTENTS Xm 



CHAPTER XV.-CATERPILLARS. 



Pa«a 

 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 28S 



I.-B 



