42 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EGGS 



In this situation she continues to place her eggs one 

 above the other, in the shape of an inverted cone. Her 

 first care is to make a small bed of down, into which 

 she places the egg intended to form its apex ; and 

 the egg being covered with a glutinous substance, 

 attaches itself to all the fine downy hair, and at the 

 same time adheres to the tree. In this employment 

 she continues for many hours, adding to the cone, and 

 taking rest at intervals j and as frequently does she 

 protect her eggs by a layer of down. The following 

 is a representation of the Gipsy Moth, in the act of 

 laying her eggs, with the shape of the cone when 

 completed. The cut represents the Moth half the 

 size of nature. 



Professor Rennie mentions having picked up some 

 specimens of the Gipsy Moth in the Netherlands, 

 and enclosed them in chip boxes. On opening one 

 of these some time afterwards, he found that one of 

 the moths had deposited her eggs ; but, owing to the 



