66 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



and the ovipositor, which she curled around a support. 

 Probably the male would use his claspers in such case, 

 unless he could still cling by one leg, which seems 

 possible. This we have not seen, however. 



We have not attempted to give histories of the 

 loopers, or geometrid caterpillars, or of many noctuids. 

 They are less noticeable, unless, indeed, they occur in 

 great numbers, and most of them are less beautiful 

 and interesting to beginners, than the SpMngido'^ Cera- 

 tocampidce, and Satiirmidm. 



It is to species of these families that the rug- weavers 

 of the East turned for suggestions of the beautiful 

 colors and combinations of colors they used in their 

 rugs before the cheap aniline dyes reached them. 



