THE POPULAR NAME OF THE INSECT 



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Fig. 45. — Caterpillars feeding upon Elm Leaves. 



nearly-related American Tent Caterpillar does." Wirious sub- 

 stitutes for this name have been recently proposed, none of 

 which, however, seem to me sufficiently satisfactory to warrant 

 a change. Mr. M. V. Slingerland of New York has proposed 

 that the insect be called the Forest Tentless Caterpillar, but 

 the objections to this are, first, that it is not absolutely a tent- 

 less caterpillar, many of the caterpillars making in early life 

 miniature tents, like the one shown on the title page of this 

 bulletin ; and, second, as Dr. L. O. Howard has pointed out, 

 there are a great many other tentless caterpillars that feed 

 upon forest trees. 



