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Pig. 132. — Different stages of the brown-tail moth. Winter nest at upper 

 left; male and female adults at lower right; another winter nest at upper right; 

 male and female chrysalides above, male at left; full-grown larva in centre, somewhat 

 reduced; young larvse at its left; egg-mass, the eggs hatching at lower left; female 

 ovipositing on leaf; egg-mass also on same leaf. {After Howard and Fiske.) 



