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At A, B, and C you will note (Fig. 167) that 

 the roll is fastened by stitches, if I may use that 

 term, of silk. These stitches continue at intervals 

 inside the leaf as it is rolled, thus holding it to- 

 gether in the form of a tube. Inside the tube the 

 caterpillar leads a hermit life, concealed from its 

 enemies by its food supply. This particular cater- 

 pillar feeds upon the edge of the silver poplar leaf 



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inside the roll. But when one imrolls a leaf one 

 finds the caterpillar to be an unsanitary house- 

 keeper. The larvae of the Tityrus Skipper, how- 

 ever, is the reverse of slovenly. The Tityrus keeps 

 one end of the leaf roll open as a doorway (Fig. 

 167), from which it is said to come out at night, 

 feed and return to its hiding place when the sun 

 rises and exposes it to the view of its enemies, the 



