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STRANGE DWELLINGS. 



Every one knows the peculiarly offensive caterpillars which 

 eat the cabbages, and which are the offspring of the common 

 large white butterfly. In t/ie spring, the butterflies may be seen 

 flitting about the gardens, settling on tlie cabbages for a few 

 moments, and then flying off again. They look very pretty, 

 harmless creatures, but, in fact, they are doing all the harm that 

 lies in their power. Forty or fifty eggs are thus laid on a plant, 



'ARASITIC INSECTS. 



COCOON OF OAK-EGGER MOTH. 



{Cryptiisftanipennis. ) 



COCOON OF PUSS MOTH. 



[Paniscus glaucopterus. ) 



COCOON FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. 



[Ptmpla.) 



COCOON OF GOAT MOTH. 



i^Lamprosa setosa.) 



and if only one quarter of the number are hatched, tliey are 

 quite capable of marring every leaf. In process of time, they 

 burst from the egg-shell, and commence their business of eating, 

 which is carried on without cessation throughout the whole 

 time of the larval existence, with a few short intervals, while 

 they change their skins. 



