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days. About five weeks ago he began his ca- 
reer, his first meal consisting, perhaps, of the 
iridescent shell of a tiny egg precisely such a 
one as our first butterfly visitor has just left, for 
this is the caterpillar of the Atalanta or Red 
Admiral. 
We may find a number of these tents if we look 
sharp, and even while gathering them may over- 
look a still more remarkable roof-tree of another 
caterpillar, which constructs its pavilion on quite 
a different plan. This, too, might even deceive a 
"spider," the edges of the leaves being drawn 
together beneath, and the veins partly severed near 
the stem, giving it quite a steep pitch. Upon 
looking beneath, we disclose another prickly ten- 
ant somewhat similar to the first, only that he is 
yellow and black instead of gray, while he is 
clothed with the same complementary growth of 
branching spines. 
A single nettle -clump of any size will disclose 
dozens, perhaps hundreds, of these tent-dwellers. 
Though armed with formidable chevaux-de-frise, 
these species are stingless, and the caterpillars 
may be safely gathered. The object of my direct- 
ing attention to them is not simply to disclose 
them in their haunts, but to recommend their 
transfer to our collecting -box, looking to the 
further beautiful surprise always a surprise 
which they have in store for us. Although they 
