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leaves of gooseberry and currant bushes. Here 

 the young caterpillar feeds for a time ; but, as 

 autumn approaches, it makes a silken hammock 

 with a leaf for a covering, so that when the leaf 



Fig. 99. Eggs of the Small Emerald Moth. 

 x 20 diameters 



falls to the ground, it remains warmly wrapped 

 inside. Here it abides in some safety for the 

 winter ; and in the spring it leaves its refuge to 

 complete its feeding as a caterpillar before becom- 

 ing a chrysalis. Fig. 97 shows another form of 

 moth's egg, those of the rare Clifden Nonpareil or 

 Blue Underwing. The eggs of the Gray Chi 

 Moth (Fig. 98) present yet another type. These 

 are flat and scale-like, with a slight tendency 

 to project in the middle. The dark portion that 

 appears at the centre of each is the young cater- 



