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HABITS. 



living in numbers within the fruit of the pome- 

 granate. * 



The construction of nests for concealment is not 

 confined to the social caterpillars, but extends to 



FIG. 90. Web-nest of caterpillar of Enphydryas Phaeton, half nat. size. 

 (Copied from Edwards.) 



a large number of solitary species. I am inclined 

 to believe the habit universal among the skippers, 

 or lowest family of butterflies. Some of them 

 live in the interior of stems of living plants ; 



* Trans. Ent. Soc. London, ii., 1 (1837). 



