112 PROMINENTS. : 
cocoon, of a silky texture, yet looking more like a cell made 
of glue than of silk, inside of which they change to a brown 
pupa, which remains in the cocoon until the next year. 
Both larva and adult are shown in Fig. 109; the larva also 
in Fig. 110, Plate XIV. 
These caterpillars are rather general feeders, being found 
upon the apple, their favorite food, but also upon plum, 
cherry, rose, shad-berry, Wistaria and other plants. As they 
are gregarious during their entire larval existence and can 
Fig. 111.—C2demasia eximia Grote; moth and larva. After Packard. 
readily be seen, they can be easily detected and destroyed, 
especially in nurseries, where the limb inhabited by them can 
be cut off and where the worms can be trampled under foot. 
A sudden jar of the limb will also bring the caterpillars to 
the ground where they can be killed. 
Another species, the d2?demasia eximiaGrote., occurs also 
on the apple, willow, maple and other trees. 
The moth (Fig. 111) resembles concinna, but is a little 
