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and branches of various trees. Saplings seem particularly liable to 

 attack. The duration of the egg-stage is subject to some variation. 

 Eggs laid on July 4th, hatched on the nth, whilst others laid on 

 July 6th did not hatch until the 24th. 



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FIG. 7. THE WOOD LEOPARD MOTH. 



The larva is a creamy-yellow, with small black processes on each 

 segment, from each of which there arises a short black bristle. The 

 head is a light brown and the second segment covered with a dark 

 brown dorsal plate. 



On hatching the larva commences to bore into the sapwood, and 



