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a kind of white powder. The cocoon is usually at- 

 tached to a curled leaf or two. This is done either 

 on the ground or the trees from which the leaves 

 fall. If the reader does not know what *' oval 

 cylindrical " means, he can find out for himself by 

 cutting two hard-boiled eggs (Figs. 78 and 79), in 

 half and then taking the halves wuth the blunt or 

 biggest ends and fitting them together (Fig. 80). 

 This will make an egg with both ends alike — an 

 egg which might be called " oval cylindrical." 



PROMETHIA MILLER 



When you are on a hike in the winter time, fall, 

 or early spring you can find the cocoons of the 

 Promethia moth hanging to boughs and branches 

 (Fig. 83), to which they are attached by stems of 

 pliable silk. These cocoons are easily plucked by 

 breaking off the twig to which they are attached 

 and are a favorite specimen with young collectors, 

 who take the cocoons home with them, put them in 

 a vase or some receptacle on the mantelpiece and 

 leave them there until beautiful moths come out. 



The millers (Fig. 81) are dark, blackish color 

 with very faint transverse lines and a spot near the 

 centre of each wing, sometimes very faintly marked 



