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riiuTLiX'tl. with its ])nrsy alxlonu'ii and mere flaps of wiii^^ i\ 

 (|iiitc (lilToront from what it will he a short time later. 'I hi- 

 s\vil'l ile\clo[)iiient is most interesting to watch and when it is 

 complete, the pupils should endeavor to give an accurate de- 

 scription of tlie moth. Its beautiful coloring-, the "window- 

 panes" as children call the transparent meml)rane in eadi wing, 

 the decorative lines and spots should all be noted, ^( x may 

 he distinguislied h\ the female's ovipositor and the claspers of 

 the male; also by the comb-like antennae, those of the male be- 

 inr the broader. With a good lens, one may see he scales 

 on the wines. 



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Cocoons may l)e searched for and gathered in tlie antunm 

 among the fallen leaves when the children go nutting, and many 

 others beside the polyphemus may be i)reserved and their occu- 

 pants identified when they emerge in the spring. With the 

 polyphemus cocoons may be some which resemble them very 

 much, only i)erhaps a little thinner, with the leaves in whicli tliey 

 are wrapped a bit more trigly rolled abe)Ut them. It is al- 



