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apart, all over the piece of woods, if it is small, or per- 

 haps only in that part where the beetles have begun their 

 work. In the milder part of our country the first set of 



FIG. 47. A Destroyer of Forest and Shade Tree : the White- 

 Marked Tussock Moth 



a, larva ; 6, female pupa ; c, male pupa ; d, e, male moth ; /, female moth ; g, same 

 depositing eggs ; h, egg mass ; i, male cocoons ; k, female cocoons, with moths 

 carrying eggs. (After Howard) 



