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Ki.i. tl7. 'I'lui (i.vpH.v ni..(li, I'oi-lhilr 



m;i.y <>l course he l.-ikcii ii,rt';i,t disdinccs 

 l»y \v;i,i;(»ii or r.'iili'o.'id I iniispoitjil ion. 



II. ciils iJic Ic'iAcs of iic.'iily t'V(!i"y 



kind of tree, wild ;uid Innic, nnd wluMi 



'vW/, Uiis food I'nils, il, resorts to licrhiiccoiis 



[^m |)l;inl.s ot nil dcscriplions. lis i:it(vst 



"I iMiliiislicd list of food pl.'ints conl-nins 



li\(' hundi'cil ;ind lliirtysix dilTcrcni 



kinds of I I'ccs ;ind ol licr pL'inls. 



Tlic ("^i;s -AW ;d)oiil one IwcidicMi 

 of;in incli in diiuncU'r. Tlicy nrc plncctl 

 in chistcrs of lour lunidnMl or \\\(\ 

 liinidi'cd, or even ;is many as one iJiou- 

 sand, covcnMl willi I, lie ycllowisli lijiirs 

 of the niolli, so lliat llic cluster looks 

 like a l»il of sponjic 'rii('S(> clusters 

 arc laid on I fee trunks, loa;s, and rocks, 

 part.iculai'ly in ci-e\ ices and slieltci'iiii;' 

 angles. The lar\;e ( l''ij;'. (Ki) are hairy, 



(li»intr, pupil. NmIiiimI Hi/.«. ( I liiw.'ircl. i-i .i , , , -ii ,• 1 1 i 



U. s. l)('pt. of AKii.MKur.v) like flu" lenl-caterpillar or tail web- 



worni, and ahoilti t.wo inches loui;'. They 

 {i.'Vi\ mostly Ity nit;;ht, and, except when yomii;, descend to fhe i^i'oun<l 

 l)\' day, hidinj;' under trash ahoul the hase of the li'ee. The full urown 

 lai"\'a spins a h'w threads on the hark as a sort, of cocoon, and therein 

 (•hanj;'es to a dark hrown pup.'i (I'^iu,. (»7). The male and feinal(> mollis ar<' 

 ((uite unlike. The hiruuM' (Ki.i;'. <')!>) is slender hodied, oli\'e Iti'owii, 

 freckled with hlack. The female {V\\^. (»S) is lar,i;(M' and heavi(>r, 

 whitish or hull', simi- 

 1 a riy mark ed w i I h 

 black. She is unable 

 to lly from place to 

 place, the S|)i"ead of 

 I h e s pec ies l)("i n ^' 

 mostly duc> t.o the ac- 

 tivity of t.h(M'!i.t(M-pillar. 

 'l'her(> is but one 

 bi'ood. The ej;i;'s an' 

 laid in the latt(M' part 

 of sunuuer, and winter 

 over, the lar\'a' hatch 

 iufi; and fe(>d ini;' in 



spi'iui;- and pi'oduciui;' moths in lat(> July and .\ul!;usI. In l,S,S!) \\(> rcvuvd 

 a lot of this species, very carefully isolated, from (\<;-,ti;s scut us the 

 previous winter. The ejif^s bei;au to liatch April 19, and were nearly all 



I'u;. lis. 'riir (iyi'sy iiidlli, rorlliitiin ilisimr, fomiilo. Naf- 

 iiiil .si/(>. l,U>'«!iiil, V. S. l)(<p(. i>f /V«rii'iilliuo.) 



