m onorn i.EPinopTEnA. 



nn various. Sonir rnmirn l>lonr ntul lairn ofT tin* trnt.o, ami all Ihrir inliahilanl!, with a 

 •mall rliarKi- nf eun|><iwil(r : otht-rn t«l!>t<>fr the Iciil- «ilh a |urkc<l Mirk,<<r a ]i>U- willi 

 • itlfl* Uru*U faslciutl to lis riitl,an<l tnunplr thr iii<i|iHlgc«l inx-rts uixli-r r<M>t ; I'thrrs ^till 

 rni|>!»j a .swab charRitl with « halt-oil m>ji]>, a vrry little of ulilrh article will kill niany 

 of the liLirct!*, ami rompel othrn to dlf|x>rTM*. Whichever of thr«p means Is resorted to, it 

 mutt lie put in rttjuiBitiou either late in the lioy, <>r at noon, or early in the morning U-fore 

 the insect!! Co out to fe*-*]. It is aloo adviviMe to >>e(;in early in the M-avin, with the fir^t 

 aj>|K-aninre of the cnterpilli'nt : their tents are then ^mall, and a whole community may 

 be destniytnl with the Rreatest eo.*o. 



To enuiiente completely the tent ratrrjiillar, it will ho m-ce^siiry to Rive attention to the 

 wihl cherry trees that an* scatteretl over the liimi and by the si<i<-sof fences : the cherry, 

 It will Iw sern, is a favorite tre« with this insect, and scarcely i>axses a M-av>u with entire 

 freedom from it. 



It will lie ohserve<I, that if the foregoing remarks are true, the fanner has no need of 

 receipts to heal the ravagi sof theM- insects ; for, to ensure freedom from their attacks, he 

 tuui only to examine his trees after the fall of the leaves in autumn, for the rings of eggs 

 on the small branrhe.', nhi<h may U- remove*! by the hand or a knife ; or if this has l>een 

 nei;lected, then search for the tents of the younq catirpillurs when the buds l>cgin to oi»fn 

 in the spring. 



As the cater]>illur grows, the tent is enlarged by the construction of an additional web 

 uver and around the first, enclosing thereby a s]>ace large enough to meet the demands 

 arising from inen-osed size; ond so it continues to add successively new wel>s over the 

 old, w hich have l>ecome fllthy, and unfit and unhealthy as dnelling-]>Iaces, though a few 

 of the weak and more indolent remain still within them. 



Attacis poLvniK-Mt s. (Plate xliv, fig. 1.) 



Color dull ochre yellow. Somewhat clouded with black. Wings ornamented with nn eyelike 



spot : adjoining their margins there are two parallel In-lts, the outer one reddish and 



the inner black. Outer angle of the superior wings marked with a black spot, divided 



by a reddi>h white line. Kyelikc spots round outer narrow border black ; inner ochre 



yellow, surnninding a white centre. Posterior wings are ornamentetl with a similar 



eyelike sjn.t.but surrounded by a large bluish black sjtot extending upward towards 



the Iwise of the wings : inner iH'Steiior angle truncate. Thorax tniver<<d in front by 



a narn>w crayivh In-lt, and connecting itM-lf with a similar l>order on the front edge 



of the winir. The wing^ expand to six inches. 



The caterpillar inhabits the oak and elm, and may be foiuid in August and September. 



The aksence of yellow stri|>«>« on the sides and transverse bands on the back, and the 



prrsi-nc«> of H mark of the sha|>eof the letter V, will serve to tlistinguish these caterpillars 



frwiu lltuao ul the iutui fuolh. 



