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THE PROTECTION OF WOODLANDS. 



domen large and blunt, with dusky-brown and grey bands. Caterpillar 16- 

 footed, 3 to 3| in. when full grown, at first reddish -yellow, then brownish- 

 Fig. 54- 



. The female moth. 



Goat-Moth natural size, 

 b. Caterpillar, c. Pupa. d. Cocoon, after moth has emerged. 



red^with |;brown head and shield, darker above than below, naked, and 

 having goat-like smell (hence " goat-moth "). Pupa thick, ruddy-brown 

 with rings of prickles on the abdominal segments. 



Moths appear in June and July, when the 9 lays about 25 eggs, in bark- 



