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menced depositing her eggs, one after another, gradually 

 withdrawing the abdomen till she had laid a row of eggs 

 across the under side of the twig. She then, in the same 

 manner, deposited another row, parallel to and in contact 

 with the first. Owing to their unnatural situation, or the 

 absence of the opposite sex, or to some unknown cause, 

 these moths in confinement succeeded in laying but two or 

 three rows of eggs ; while in a. state of nature they lay from 

 fifteen to twenty rows, containing in all an average of about 

 two hundred and fifty eggs. They subsequently cover the 

 eggs with a coating of brown varnish, which effectually pro- 

 tects them from the vicissitudes of the weather. Let every 

 one be caught and killed, and thus destroy a large number 

 of caterpillars. Let several bottles of sweetened water be 

 placed near every tree, as directed (Fig. 51, p. 117). By 

 this means a large number of caterpillars may be wiped out 

 before they have had an existence. 



This yellowish-brown miller, as already stated, deposits 

 her eggs around small twigs, as shown at c, Fig. 95, p. 253, 

 or by Fig. 94, herewith giv- Pi g . 94 



en, all placed on end, and cov- 

 ered over with a varnish, to 

 shield them from rain and 

 snow. Each bunch can read- 

 ily be seen ; and when taken 

 off and burned, a whole nest 

 will be destroyed at once, 

 without resorting to soap- EggsoftheLackey . moth 

 suds, coal-oil, or any other around a twig, 



application. This can be done at any time during winter 

 or spring, before the tree leaves out. Should any be over- 

 looked, they are easily destroyed about the time the buds 

 commence to put forth, as the young caterpillars hatch 

 out the first warm spell in the spring, and can always be 



