WOODLAND PATHS 



glued to the leaf; and not only that, but 

 extends in silky fabric all up along the 

 petiole, and firmly holds it to the twig 

 itself. The mad winds which have 

 scoured the bush clean of all leaves and 

 debris have had no strength which can 

 pluck this " last leaf upon the tree." 



If left to itself it will still hang there 

 a year or two, perhaps more, after the 

 moth has emerged, gradually bleaching 

 to a soft gray, but still clinging. It is a 

 splendid quality of silk, but no one has 

 yet succeeded in reeling or carding it. 

 Callosamia promethia thus escapes be- 

 coming a product of the farm rather than 

 the pasture. It is a fine species to have 

 hanging in winter cradles above your 

 mantel, for the imago is large and beau- 

 tiful, with deep browns and tans softly 

 shading into grays that are tinted with 

 iris, the male being distinct with a body 

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