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ON THE HABITATIONS AND 



downwards, and fixed steadily by small external 

 cables, as represented below. 



There are a great variety of plants, whose leaves 

 form the habitations of different species of larvae, 

 the nettle, the mallow, the sorrel, the willow, the 

 plantain, the cypress, &c. 



Among those which are called Carpenter Cater- 

 pillars, the Goat Moth (Cossus Kgntperda) is one of 

 the most remarkable. This species abounds in Kent, 

 and many of the southern counties of England, where 

 it proves exceedingly destructive to oaks, poplars, 

 willows, elms, and other trees. It insinuates itself 

 through the bark when very small, and eats into the 

 very centre of the wood, where it forms extensive 

 spiral excavations. An idea may be formed of the 

 extent of these, when it is mentioned that this cater- 

 pillar grows to a very large size, not unfrequently four 



