







THE BEWITCHED 

 COCOONS 



June 2d 



N the table before me lies a letter from a 

 young correspondent who has been having 

 some perplexing entomological experiences 

 of so interesting a nature that I have con- 

 cluded to publish her account, and my an- 

 swer. 



" DEAR MR. GIBSON, I want to tell you what a funny time 1 

 had with those three cocoons that you gave me last winter. You 

 remember they were quite large, and all wrapped up close in 

 leaves, and were very hard, like parchment. You said that they 



