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(//ss/r/a) are coininon in the United States east 

 of the Rockies. The achilt form of the C. 

 amcricaiia is a rather small, rust)- brown moth, 

 with oblique, pale )'ellow lines across the four 

 wini4S (Fig", i i6). 



The egg"s are laid in summer in a circular 



l-IG. 115. ANTS MILKING I'l A N'l -LICE. 



(After I-'iguir.) 



band about a twig. This band of eggs (Fig. 

 1 16, c) is protected from the weather by a sticky 

 substance with which the parent moth coats 

 them over. The following spring, just before 

 leaf buds open, these tiny caterpillars come 



