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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 should be looked for 

 and destroyed. During the summer and fall, the larvae 

 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 larvoe of this moth are destroyed 



