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I could havc'donc in the woodr I was Vrv n.r J '"\''''^/'f^^^^[^y of their march than 

 >"'ay days. I hung the branch on wMch 7h /k l.'l'u^ ^^''''^ '' ""'"''^^S them for 

 shutters. When theleaves were Led up when tiZft ^""^ '^f'^ ^^ «f ""J ^'"dow 

 caterpinars, they tried to go and seek beU^r food ^ h """A *°° ''"''^^ *"'" '^^ ^'^^ "^ t''^ 

 second followed at his tail a third followed hf^n "''Z^'^'- One set himself in motion, a 

 march up the shutter, but'beiX nerto e 5h oT' 7^ ^.u^'l .^^'^ ^"^S^"" *° '^''fil^ ^^^ 

 tuil of the first. The mn«le file was h,^ni, > ""' ''?''^ °* *' «'^<=°''d '°''<=l>ed the 



caterpillars of about two feet b Wh ft.," ,,1 "?.'?"'"' ' '\ formed a perfect string of 

 pillari marched abreasrbut as nSeoufwWch^^^^^J^ Then two cater- 



ing it. single fileweretoearoiL TfJatwT f ^''«'"- «« 'hose who were march- 

 abreast, came the rows of three abSst • af ter n fft fT "^ '" P™ccssionists who were two 

 then there were those of five oth ^ of .S othS^ of I ""T '^?'' ^^' '''"' f"'^'' '^'''"'^ • 



This tr-,op so well marshalled'waserbyth; first trr^^^ t^ "l ''t' ^^-Pi'l^rs: 



begin again to march all the others set tl.l.L:] • '*',^" *^® ''**^''« ^^Ite-^ : did it 



precision. That which Itl o^ltLy tiTiroVrr^^;- the °^*^ d '' f '' 'Y «"'*''^*^^^ 

 pillars lire. When it is near suns-ef vo,, Z>%^ L -^ ^ ^ „ '^°'^'^'' '^''®''« ♦'»ese cater- 



oiK.ningwhichisatitsLrvvyrwo'ri^rdlv?tFT 7' °^ '"^ <'^ their nests by th. 

 caterpillar, as soon as it lias emergT om ^ nSt itTfoS;: 'ZT ""^ ^"^ "''"^^' ^'^ 

 file ; when it has got about two feet fromThe ne.t ' ItL """^ ^I '"''"'^ ?^^r '" ''°^'' 

 are still in the nest continue to come ouT- ThPvTll • ^1 P"?'' "^"""S' ^^'"^ ^^°^^ "''^ 

 at last the leader sets off marchin.,'air ;ntjlU; '^%'r^t- '^' 1^"=^""" '^ ^'"''^ 

 in this nest passes in all the neigW,our ":. uetts i ' ^""""^ ^"^ ^^""^ ^'"^^^ S^^' ''- 



Accordino- to " Harris " tfe o^Sl V.^ are evacuated at the same time." 



when not eatin^ they e"'; ulder f " wherl tt' ^V'^'*^ t T «?'" ' ''^^^^ ^«b, buf 

 pown the caterl,illar.f dis :L:t;h;i:^ ? ^e^^^^ \f- ]^h- about half 



larvae devouring their cast off spinou.s skins \fter hernl l v, i 1 ^ ""'?'* ^""^ *™*'^'' ^^^ 

 they arrive at matuiitv and are t^n .kLw T^ I ^^'^ '■'''■''''1 state about eight weeks, 



pearanceof Fig. No 1. '"'"' *™ """^ '^ half inches long, and present the ap 



Corn, Wliw:,'ifrar l^d'ZZTElJ)^' '^ 'T,'°"°"^ °° ^'^"^ I'--^- Indian 

 Choke Cherry,^^urrant Cot on and cL^'"'l"l^;:r;^^^^^ ?•" '''" <^'|-<^- dogwood, 



bert, and bred them to Maturity on that plant iClT^ t^^'arvajon the English Fil- 



on the Choke Cherry. The kr^^ when S J. ' "'''"''' "^"'^ °°""'"»"ly found them 

 where, amongst the loose leaved rubblh If ''"''' f'^'^S' '""^ "^''"'^^ »" '^^ '^^.^id. 

 ".akes a slight cocoon "f "ugh ummy twn sX ' ["S ""'" "'°^'"°- "'''"" ^'^'"'^ i* 

 effected to Uie pupal or chrvsali^ ^t^t^ /'> I tu -^^ *^'' '"^''^''^ ^ transformation is sooti 



=md spring mon'thrthe t^^t^l^i:^^^:^'''^}:^^! '^""°«" *^^ -"'^ 

 June. ° "® pertect winged condition about the month of 



The moths are remarkable for the difference between the sexes both in size and colour 

 ' The male (Pig. 3). which is much the 



■smallest, is of a deep Indian or maize yel- 

 !i)w colour. 



. On the forewings are two oblique wavy 



\ . ''"''* near the hind margin and a zi-v-zac- 



' ■•■ ""e near the base. There is also a laroe" 



dark, reddish, central reniform spot "or 

 blotch ; this is very marked in all the Cana- 

 dian specimens I have seen, although in the 

 cut, which is drawn by Mr. Kiley. probalily 

 from a specimen taken in the Western 



States, the spot is not >o distinct. The 



nest to the body • near thp )iin,)„r ,. • • f "^'"^^ '^'"'^ broadly shaded with purple 



