fNSECT ENEMIES. 



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 an inch. The body of the larva is a dull 



Fig. 114. c, Head of Larva, magnified ; 

 d, Size of the Moth. 



THE LEAF-CRTJMPLER. 



Fig. 115. 



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 



