CONTENTS. 



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 Comb-toothed rasp, and saw . 136 

 Grooves cut by it in the rose-tree 136 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Leaf-rolling Caterpillars . . .140 

 Lilac-leaf Roller .... 141 



Oak-leaf Roller 143 



Rose-leaf Roller 143 



Nettle-leaf Roller .... 144 

 Method of proceeding , . . 145 

 Probable mistake concerning. . 146 

 Sorrel-leaf Roller .... 147 

 Admirable and Painted Lady 



Butterflies 148 



Mallow-Butterfly of France . . 149 

 Willow-leaf Bundler . . .149 

 Nest of Ziczac Caterpillar . . 150 

 Nest of Glanville Fritillary . . 151 

 Experiment on gregarious Cater- 

 pillars by J. R 152 



Design in rolling leaves . . .153 



CHAPTER IX. 



Habitations formed of detached 



leaves 154 



The Pond weed Tent-maker . .154 

 Chickweed Caterpillar's nest . 156 



Cypress-spurge Caterpillar's nest 156 

 Durability of these structures . 157 

 Moss-cellof a Wall-Caterpillar . 158 

 Caterpillar of Greenwich Park 



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 Bark-building Caterpillar of the 

 Oak 172 



CHAPTER XI. 



Earth-Mason Caterpillars. . .174 

 Outside walls of their nest . .174 

 Caterpillar of Ghost-Moth . . 175 

 Experiments of Reaumur . .177 

 Nests of Ephemera Grubs . . 179 

 Similar nests in a willow stump 179 

 Nests of the Cincindela-Beetle . 179 



The Ant- Lion 182 



Structure of the Grub . . .182 

 Formation of its traps . . . 183 

 Reflections upon the economy of 

 Nature 187 



CHAPTER XII. 



Clothes-Moth Caterpillars . .190 

 Varieties in the species . . .190 

 Methods of destroying . . . 191 

 Mode of building . . . .191 

 Experiments upon . . . .192 

 Migrations of 194 



Tent-Making Caterpillars. . . 195 

 Mode of constructing these . . 196 

 Experiments upon . . . .196 

 Tent upon a Nettle-leaf . . .198 



Stone-Mason Caterpillars . . . 199 

 Their singular proceedings . . 199 

 Colony of, at Blackheath . . 200 

 Foundation of their tents . . 201 

 An attempted robbery . . . 202 



Muff-shaped tents . . . .202 

 Their utility 204 • 



Leaf-mining Caterpillars . . . 204 

 On the leaf of the IMonthly Rose- 

 tree 204 



On the leaf of the Bramble . . 206 

 On the leaf of the Primrose . . 207 

 On the leaf of the Alder . . .208 

 Vine-leaf Miner 208 



Social Leaf-Miners .... 209 



Bark-mining Caterpillars. . , 209 



CHAPTER XIH. 



Structures of Crickets . . .211 



The House-Cricket . . . .211 



The Mole-Cricket . . . .211 



The Field-Cricket . . . .214 



