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chosen for the consignment of the eggs. Anything which 

 will keep the bark smooth will undoubtedly prove benefi- 

 cial. Mr. Gennadius recommends whitewashing the trunks, 

 and filling up all holes and fissures with mortar, so as to 

 render the bark as smooth as possible. 



Wild Slkdk 



Clisiocampa Americana. HARRIS. TENT CATERPILLAR. 

 (LEPLDOPTERA. BOMBYCIDJE.) 



This insect which infests the apple orchards, is found 

 upon the Black Cherry, and seems to give the preference to 

 this tree when in the vicinity. As many as ten webs 

 have been found on one tree for this reason orchardists 

 are advised to grow the tree. The same genial warmth of 



the sun which brings 

 forth the leaves of the 

 Black Cherry, also 

 hatches from the 

 eggs laid upon the 

 branches of the tree, 

 from two to three 

 hundred small cater- 

 pillars confined with- 

 in a white silken 

 enclosure. All the 

 caterpillars hatched 

 from one batch of 

 eggs, live harmoni- 

 ously together in one 

 common tent; spun 

 by themselves, en- 

 larged with their 

 growth until some- 

 times the nesting 

 places acquire a di- 



CLISIOCAMPA AMERICANA 

 deposited 



ind 6, caterpillars; c, eggs as 



wig ; d, cocoon. 



ameter of eight or ten inches. 



The caterpillars feed in pleasant weather about twice a 



