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even alter the first changing are more 

 black than variegated ; they disperse im- 

 mediately and creep singly on the upper 

 and foremost leaves of tlie twigs and from 

 them to others ; they do not keep to- 

 gether, except it should happen that in 

 bad weather some of them meet by 

 chance in seeking for a shelter. After 

 they have stripped one tree, they go to 

 another, and do not spare any leaf, especi- 

 ally in gardens. 



This caterpillar is very beautiful af- 

 ter its last changing, and when old and 

 big enough spins itself up in some leaves 

 of the tree, if there are any left ; it draws 

 them together by some threads, to be 

 sheltered from the injury of the weather, 

 it makes the web so loose that it serves 

 only to prevent it from falling through 

 and to keep off its enemies. If there are 

 no leaves left on the trees it creeps 

 down into the grass and spins itself up 

 there. After the web is finished the 

 pupa is formed, in which the wings, 

 antennas and legs of the phalaena are 

 already to be seen. It deposits its skin 



