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TREES IN WINTER 



by the conspicuous brown ending of the body. The female lays 

 her eggs in July and in the form of an oblong cluster on the under 

 side of the leaves. The eggs hatch in early August, and the young 



Fig. 76. Adult female (nat- 

 ural size.) 



Fig. 77. Egg-mass 

 on a leaf. (Natural 

 size.) 



Fig. 78. The Brown-tail Moth. Winter nests. (Natural size.) 



