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one. In its larval state it draws a few leaves together, 
within which it prepares a place of abode, and in which 
it winters when about one-third grown. With opening 
spring it resumes activity, and leaves its case in search 
of food, and continues to grow till the early part of June, 
when it shuts itself up in its case, and becomes a reddish 
brown chrysalis about four-tenths of an inch long. As 
a larva it was a third longer. As a perfect moth it 
comes out in about two weeks, with wings expanded to 
seven-tenths of aninch. The body of the larva is a dull 
Fig. 114.—c, Head of Larva, magnified ; 
d, Size of the Moth. 
THE LEAF-CRUMPLER. 
greenish brown, with a horny plate on the top of the first 
segment, and a flattened dark prominence on each side, 
below the plate. Each of the other segments is marked by ° 
a number of dark dots, each giving rise to a single brown 
hair. The head is a dark reddish brown. There is only 
one brood a year,from eggs laid in July. There is a 
striking contrast between the markings of their two 
pairs of wings. The fore wings are pale brown, with 
patches and streaks of silvery white. The hind wings 
are plain brownish white. The under side of both pairs 
