INSECT ENEMIES. 123 
less, followed by four with very strong powers of attach- 
ment; then two more are footless. The terminal segment 
has pale brown feet. 
They feed on the oak and elm as well as the quince. 
Harris was mistaken in saying that the ‘‘ outer covering 
of leaves which fall off in the autumn bear the enclosed 
tough oval cocoons to the ground.” I have always found 
those on the quince fastened securely around the stem, 
so as to avoid the danger of falling to the ground. The 
second brood spin their cocoons in August and September, 
and these furnish the winter quarters for the chrysalids. 
) 
Fig. 111.—LONG-TAILED OPHION. 
As soon as they are out of the cocoon the limp wings 
unfold, and they crawl to some place where they can 
hang and dry, all which takes place in an hour, when 
they can fly. 
Remedies.—At the annual pruning, such cocoons as 
have escaped previous gathering shou!d be looked for 
and destroyed. During the summer and fall, the larve 
may be subdued by hand picking, the place of their loca- 
tion being found by their large droppings. Insectivorous 
birds and poultry feed on them. It is estimated that 
four out of five of the larve of this moth are destroyed 
