HANGING NESTS. 



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point of the pyramid, and raises it by the weight 

 of her body." 



Other larvse form their habitations wholly of 

 silk : one that inhabits the leaves of pear-trees 

 forms a little tent ; another a sort of cloak ; 

 another, as in the case of the silkworm, a com- 

 plete ball of silk. 



PENDULOUS NESTS OF CATERPILLARS. 



Among leaf-rolling caterpillars, one of the most 

 curious is described by Bonnet, in which the 



