CONTENTS Xlii 



CHAPTER XV. CATERPILLARS. 



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Their Singular Habits The Grub of the domestic Moth Fabri- 

 cates a Mantle Habits of the Field-Moth Caddis- Worm 250 



CHAPTER XVI. SOCIAL CATERPILLARS. 



Move in regular Files Form Nests lined with Silk The " Froces- 

 sionary" The Leaf-rolling The Leaf-bending Leaf-mining 

 Caterpillar 266 



CHAPTER XVII. CHRYSALIS, OR AURELIA. 



Caterpillar, when about to Change into a Chrysalis, fastens itself to 

 a Leaf or Stem Spins a little Web Gets rid of its old Case- 

 Suspends itself by a Girth or Belt formed of Silk 289 



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