HE title of this article will doubtless 

 recall to readers of " Harper's Young 

 People"* a paper upon a similar 

 subject which appeared in my calendar series 

 two years ago. With the title the resemblance 

 ends, for the cocoons which I am about to de- 

 scribe are of a sort that has never been men- 

 tioned in any previous article. These curious 

 cocoons had been familiar to me since my boy- 

 hood, having long excited my wonder before 

 finally revealing their mystery. They have re- 

 cently been brought freshly to my notice by a 

 letter that I have received, accompanied by a box 

 of specimens, which reads as follows : 



* Now " Harper's Round Table." 



