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THE BLACK VEINED BUITEIIFLY. 



THE caterpillar of this butterfly, is 

 one of the most destructive to fruit 

 trees that we have, and in particuhu* to 

 the apples, despoiling them of their fo- 

 liage early in the spring : we have men- 

 tioned the brown-tail moth whose ravages 

 are dreadful, but we have the satisfaction 

 of knowing, that it does not frequently 

 come in such great numbers, as it has 

 not made its appearance, in any alarming 

 degree, since Mr. Curtis wrote its history, 

 now thirty-four years since. 



It would be fortunate for us, and for 

 our fruit trees, was the same fact to ap- 

 ply to the one in question, for although 

 we do not see it so very powerful, yet 



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